Starting a Preloader from a TimerEvent

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Before I start my preloader animation, I want to play a quick animation. I was hoping to use a TimerEvent to delay the preloader from starting until the animation was over, but nothing’s happening.

I cobbled this together from other preloader tutorials, and since I’m not sure I understand how it all works, I shouldn’t be too surprised that my hybrid failed.

Here’s what I’ve got:

[COLOR=Blue]var delay_timer:Timer = new Timer(480, 1);
delay_timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, play_loader);

delay_timer.start();

function play_loader(e:TimerEvent)
{
this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, check_progress);
this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, check_complete);
}

function check_progress(e:ProgressEvent):void
{
trace(“in check_progress”);
var percent:Number = e.bytesLoaded / e.bytesTotal;
trace(Math.ceil(percent100) + “%”);
load_symbol.progress_txt.text = Math.ceil(percent100) + “%”;
}

function check_complete(e:Event):void
{
trace(“in check_complete”);
this.loaderInfo.removeEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, check_progress);
this.loaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, check_complete);
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[COLOR=Black]I don’t register either trace statement, but if I move[/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue][COLOR=Black]this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, check_progress);[/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]out of the timer event function, then I get the trace statement just fine.

Any help on where I’m going wrong would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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