Flash :: Creating A Preloader For Loading A JPEG

Using A Preloader When Loading A JPEG
Hi
I've searched for hours to find info on applying preloaders when loading external JPEGS.

I can figure out how to put a preloader at the begining of my page, but
don't know how to make a preloader work for each of my pictures when a
thumbnail is pressed.
Mind helping me out with some tips?

Thanks
Ryan

http://www.ryanhamiltonphotography.com

Preloader And Dynamic Jpeg Loading
I have a movie clip into which I am loading a jpeg file based on information in a database.

Traditionally I would have done this by loading in an external .swf with a pre-loader inbuilt.

Is there anyway to detect the size of the jpeg so I can build a bar or percent loaded pre-loader??

Thanks.

Preloader For External Jpeg Loading?
I can find plenty of tutorials on setting up preloaders for main movies and such, but I have a series of JPEGS that will be loaded into a clip ("holder"), and need the images to have a preloader attached.

I know that onClipEvent() will be used, but am not sure how. Does anyone know of a tutorial or thread dealing with this? Or know how to go about it?

I've done a search of this and the FlashKit forums and find preloading jpeg threads, but not dealing with this exactly.

Thanks

Almost There A Bit Of Someones Time Please? Jpeg Loading Into MClips +preloader
hi all,

urm i picked up this code just now as i did a search and with a little tailoring this will suit my needs perfectly,

- On the main stage ive got an empty MClip called "link"

- ive also got a light colored grey box curently the height and width of the stage called "loader"

the script below would seem perfect for what i want, as by changing the jpeg referance for each button instance name, i could have my pics displayed inside the link movieclip with a preloader each time!

heres the code on main timeline:

Code:
loader._visible = false;
finishedLoad = 0;

_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (finishedLoad!==1){
loader._visible = true;
lBytes = picLoad.getBytesLoaded();
tBytes = picLoad.getBytesTotal();
percentLoaded = Math.floor((lBytes/tBytes)*100);
loader._xscale = percentLoaded;
if (lBytes>=tBytes && tBytes>0) {
if (count>=12) {
loader._visible = false;
finishedLoad = 1;
} else {
finishedLoad = 0;
count++;
}
}
}
}

leaf2.onPress = function() {
picLoad = loadMovie("IMG01.jpg", "_root.link");
finishedLoad = 0;
}
3 PROBLEMS::::

1) you can see the grey loader in background, its still visible, why?

2)preloader doesnt work

3)when the button is clicked and pic loads in its not fitted right, even though its the exact same size as the contianer MClip thats holding it, it looks too big almost enlarged and doesnt fit well + off centre

but... it does load the picture in the background movie clip,

where am i going wrong guys??????

please, please please can someone lend a hand?

9114

Creating Preloader For Swf's Loading Into Movieclips
Hi all

I using this example as the basis of my flash site.

The problem which i am having is getting the actually preloader to work correctly when the swf is loading up. at the moment the desired effect is that the preloader is fake. All it does his play itself before a movie loads which gives the user the impression when it loads that you swf is loading up this is fine for small files, but when the file size is large it becomes pointless.

What I am wanting to do is create an accurate preloader bar for the transition that occurs one that clearly indicates when the movie has loaded.

I have tried to do this myself but in in a rut at the momement
Any ideas/help is again always appreciated.

Thank you all

w9914420

*creating A Preloader While Loading Movie*
hi there~
i'm thinking of linking these two tutorials together, one is a flash gallery while the other is a preloader. pls help. thanks.
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/photogallery.htm
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader.htm

JPEG Loading... How Do I Wait Until The Jpeg Has Loaded
Hi everyone!

this is the code that I currently use. I want to be able to wiat until the jpeg is loaded before going trought the loop again.....
any ideas? I have tried to use the getBytesLoaded and getBytesTotal but they always show up as 0. Very annoying.

Code:
var currentX = 0
for (k=0;k<galleryVar.items;k++){
_root.thumbslider.createEmptyMovieClip("thumb" + k,(50 + k));
eval("_root.thumbslider.thumb" + k)._x=currentX;
loadMovie(_root.categoryList+"/thumbnails/"+_root.imageArray[k]+".jpg",eval("_root.thumbslider.thumb" + k));
currentX = currentX + eval("_root.thumbslider.thumb" + k)._width;
trace("Pic" + k + " " + currentX);
}
the "currentX" (2nd line from the bottom) doesn't get a value because the jpeg doesn't get loaded quickly enough. How can I wait for the jpeg to load before going through the loop again.
I don't want to use frames becasue I am creating everything dynamically!
Am i making sense?

Hope someone can help me!

Thanks
A

Loading External Jpeg Via External Preloader
mx2004

hello all, i have a button which loads an external jpeg from a folder. what i want is to have it so when the command to load the external jpeg is sent, an external preloader preloads it in the placeholder. this preloader will be generic so it can be applied to load before any image selected in any folder, for updating purposes. anyone know where to start with action script, or how to set it up,

Creating A Jpeg From A Live Swf
I have a flash movie that creates a swf movie I am looking for a way to create a jpeg from the swf movie on the fly.

Any help or suggestions would be really help ful. Is there a way within flash?

Creating A Jpeg Snapshot Sequence From A Flv
Hello everyone,

I see there are many apps out there to create snapshot sequences from avi files, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on how this might be accomplished on-the-fly using flv video.

I'd like to create a snapshot sequence every 12 seconds from my flv and order them above my scrubber so people can see what scene they are srubbing to without having to move the handle.

Any tips or tutorials would be much appreciated.

Have a good one.

T

Creating Dynamic Text Or Generating Jpeg
Hi

I am an old face from these boards who has been out of the Flash loop for a few years. Please excuse me if I am asking a very obvious question or if I’m lurking in the wrong section, however I would be very grateful if someone could direct me to an answer to my question.

I am looking for a feature in Flash called ‘Generator’, as I remember one of its uses was to either serve the user a swf file or a dynamically generate gif/jpeg file if their browser didn’t support flash. I wanted to bastardise this feature to dynamically serve jpegs with nicely anti-aliased text headlines by interfacing with a server based database that supplies the text of each headline.

I can’t find any info about Generator. Has it been phased out? Is this feature supported in any other Macromedia product, or can anyone tell me any other software that could do this?

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks.

Tom

[Example]Creating JPEG Image From Draggable Clips
I've seen many threads requesting info on how to dynamically create a JPEG image from movie clips that are dragged around the screen. Rather than continuously answer these threads with cryptic info, I decided to throw together a basic example, I hope it helps: http://jerryscript.hostrocket.com/fl...composite.html

[note -- I cross-posted this to the backend forum, sorry if that upsets anyone]

Jpeg Preloader...
I'm trying to get this script to work that loads a jpeg into a container mc and waits for it to be fully loaded before before it fades in onto the screen. It seems to work fine on my computer, but it won't work on the server that I have to post it on. Any ideas as to why? Thanks, I got a lot of this script from an earlier post about preloaders,

PHP Code:

function loadSlide()
{
    //trace("loading slide #" + i+1);
    _root.slideNum.text = "Slide " + (_root.i+1) + " of " + slidesArray.length;
    _root.imgCaption.txt.text = slidesArray[_root.i].attributes.caption;
    _root.imgTitle.txt.text = slidesArray[_root.i].attributes.title;
    _root.img.holder.loadMovie(slidesArray[_root.i].attributes.img);

    //This code is will preload the image before it slides onto the screen
    _root.createEmptyMovieClip("preloadMC", 1);
    _root.preloadMC.onEnterFrame = function() {
        bl = _root.img.holder.getBytesLoaded();
        bt = _root.img.holder.getBytesTotal();
        //first it detects the file
        if (bt > 0) {
            _root.percent.text = Math.round(bl / bt * 100) + " percent";
            //check if it's loaded
            if (bl >= bt) {
                //done
                _root.percent.text = "loaded successfully";
                _root.gotoAndStop(2);
                delete this.onEnterFrame;
            }//end if
        }//end if bt>0
        else {
            _root.percent.text = "error, couldn't load file";
        }//end else

    }//end fucntion method_mc.onEnterFrame()
}//end function loadSlide()

Jpeg Preloader
Can any one help Im trying to make a preloader to show when images are ready to view similar to this site
http://www.rui-camilo.de/

Not the first preloader but the second.

What happens is that when you click on a section a flashing icon shows that the image is loading for each image.

Any advice or tutorials you have seen.

Preloader For A Jpeg
Is a external .swf with a loading bar and percent -
I just need a preloader that when it finish the load goes to frame 2 - i was searching arround and i only found that goes to the next scene.

And when i put it in the main.swf - the preloader works but instead of show the jpg, it goes to the next frame on the main movie.

any help?

Preloader For JPEG?
The following example loads a JPEG image from the same directory as the SWF file that calls the loadMovie() function:

loadMovie("image45.jpeg", "ourMovieClip");

How can i use preloader for this JPEG?

Thanks

JPEG Preloader Help
Hi All,

Earlier yesterday, I ran into a jpeg preloader that looked good. Although i was having problems getting it to run properly! It loads the movie, but does NOT show the preloader. The loaded should fade in, continually rotate, then fade out on load.
anyone see anything?

(sorry to origional poster of this code, forgot to bookmark)

Code:
loadClip = function () {
circle.onEnterFrame = function() {
_root.targetClip.loadMovie("myjpeg.jpg");
this._rotation += 20;
if (targetClip.getBytesLoaded()<targetClip.getBytesTotal()) {
if (this._alpha<100) {
this._alpha += 5;
}
} else {
if (this._alpha>0) {
this._alpha -= 5;
targetClip._alpha += 5;
} else {
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
};
};
loadClip();
thanks in adavence!
jamie

JPEG Preloader?
What would be the best way to pause a movie for the loading of a JPEG image? All the preloaders seem to wait for movie bytes to load, but not external JPEGS.

Jpeg Preloader?
Hi all,

may I know if there is some existing source for jpeg preloader?
basically, I want to load a jpeg into a movie clip... and would like to have a preloader before the jpeg is loaded.....

could you suggest me a way to do it? or any ready made source on the web I could study? thanks!!

External Jpeg Preloader
I apologize if this is an easy question to answer, I tried to search for it but the search wasn't working right so I resorted to asking on here.

Is it possible to set up a preloader/bar when loading an external jpeg? I'd like to have a progress bar show up while the picture is loading.

If you can explain or provide a link it would be very much appreciated! Thanks!

JPEG/SWF Percentage Bar Preloader
Hi Folks,

Firstly, sorry for posting a question that has been well covered on these boards - I have spent a long while looking through them and I havent really found a solution that fits my needs.

I am creating a site that is mainly html, but does contain some flash content, namely the navigation at the top. I want to create a preloader that loads both the few swf files AND jpeg files, showing the combined percentage loaded along with a progress bar.

There seems to be a number of tutorials/help for creating preloaders for one external swf or jpeg, but not several, and I'm not skilled enough to edit them accordingly.

Ideally I wanted the script to work with flash 5, or at a push 6.
I'm really trying to avoid the MovieClipLoader object from MX 2004 as I want the site to work 'out of the bag' without the need for updating.

If anyone could point me to a tutorial/script/message it would be much appreciated.
I have had most success using this example: http://upproject.co.uk/dev/preloader.php but it doesnt seem to work for multiple files.

Thanks in advance.

External Jpeg Preloader Wtf?
I have been scouring the internet and all over this board to see if there is once and for all a definitive answer as to whether you can preload an external jpeg being loaded into a movie.

Does ne one know a sure fired easy way to do this?

I was told that it could be done with the preload component in MX2004 but im only on MX and my work wont upgrade me can 2004 components be used in MX. and if so where can i get them

Thanks for your help y'all rule

JPEG Preloader Yields NAN. Help
I have developed the following site:

http://www.timainsworth.com/newsite/

When an image is loaded, a preloader kicks in which works nicely except that it yields NAN before it displays a percentage readout.

Can anyone offer up any clues?

Here's the code I'm using for the preloader:

// the loader stuff
function loadJPG(theUrl)
{
holder._visible = false;
mainholder._visible = false;
loadingScrll._visible = true;
holder.loadMovie(theUrl);

var percentNum = 0;

this.onEnterFrame = function()
{
percentNum = Math.round((holder.getBytesLoaded()/holder.getBytesTotal())*100);
loadingScrll.percent = "Loading " add percentNum add " %";

if (percentNum == 100)
{
delete this.onEnterFrame;
if (holder._width<500)
{
display.gotoAndPlay("vmask");
}
else
{
display.gotoAndPlay("hmask");
}

mainholder._visible = true;
holder._visible = true;
percentNum = "";
loadingScrll._visible = false;
}
};
}

Can anyone help?

Preloader On A JPEG Image
Hello,

I was checking this forum for info on preloaders, but couldn't answer my question. Can a preloader be applied to a dynamically loaded jpeg? The image loads a couple frames after it should (late) so it pops into the sceen late. I want to hold the playhead until I know the jpeg is there. Then go next.

Most of the preloader stuff seems to look at swfs or total frames in the movie. This is just an image and the images vary in file size from 40k to 65k.

This is the code I am using now

loadMovie("pics/SLSS-09.10.04.jpg", "JPGplaceholder");

This works fine, just the images pop in to the scveen a bit late.

Any help will be appreciated.

JPEG Viewer With Preloader
I want to make a JPEG viewer in flash, with a preloader.
First a bunch of thumbnails is displayed on the stage and when a user clicks on it, it opens the large picture. I would like to have a preloader that preloads the thumbnails and the large picture when clicked on.
I already have build a preloader movie clip, for the swf, and would like to use this one for the jpeg's also. The preloader needs the following two variables to function: iBytesTotal and iBytesLoaded. At 100% it triggers a code.

I was trying to accomplisch this with a FOR loop that loads the thumbnails on the stage. And the loadClip function to load the actual image. I know that the loadClip has the ability to put a listener to it, so I can get the bytesloaded, while loading, on error events, on load events, etc... But how do I implement this in actionscript ??

Here is an example of what I want to accieve:

for (i=1;i<=20;i++){Show the preloader, and when the load is complete display the image
The next image is displayed right next to the other image (_x = thumbnail.width * i)
}

Jpeg Preloader Tutorial
Hi all,
I hope this is an interesting question and not just a stupid (or lazy) one. I've written a bit of actionsript to do a jpeg loader (just a loadbar and no percent value displayed but that is easy to add)

My loader is crap though, for these reasons:
1. Before an image is loaded the thing shows a value of 100% and there is a delay before it jumps to something like 22% and starts loading.
2. After the image is loaded the progress bar stays on (this wasn't a problem at first because I sized all jpegs to be large enough to totally cover the bar).

There are enough of these small problems and things I've overlooked.

My problem is I'm looking for a decent tutorial or walkthrough for a jpeg loader (preloader) tutorial so that I can start with a good design rather than creating somethign that works then patching up all the problems.

Thanks in Advance
- Eric

Dynamic JPEG PRELOADER
Hi People,

I have a problem. I'm loading jpeg's dynamically into movie clips and I would like to preload them.

What code can I add to an onClipEvent(enterFrame){
to preload the jpeg which will dynamically load into the MC?

Can anyone help please?

Dynamic JPEG Preloader
I'm using Flash MX (not 2004)

I'm trying to create a preloader that I can place on thumbnails and an image display as they load their respective JPEG images. The problem is that I do not know how to get the load progress since getBytesLoaded() and getBytesTotal() do not seem to be working.

I looked into using listeners but all I can find is information about pairing listeners with the movieClipLoader class that I do not have access to.

Can someone enlighten me about how to get the load progress using Flash MX? I can easily create the rest of the preloader from there.

If its important, I have an empty movie clip called IMGHolder and use IMGHolder.loadMovie(MyIMGPath) to load the JPEG. So I've tried IMGHolder.getBytesLoaded() and it either returns 0 (initially) or the full 1901666 (end) bytes.

Further, if you think, rather if you KNOW, that .getBytesLoaded() should be working please let me know so I can try and figure out where its going wrong. Thank you.

Jpeg Percentage Loader (not Preloader)
The script below loads a random jpeg dynamically onto my site..

picTotal = 18;
// adjust per total pics, img1.jpg,...,imgN.jpg, where N=picTotal
name1 = "img"+Math.ceil(Math.random()*picTotal)+".jpg" ;
loadMovie(name1, _root.BG);
// use loadMovie when loading into a target movielcip
preloadI = setInterval(preloadF, 10);
function preloadF() {
if (_root.BG.getBytesLoaded()>=_root.BG.getBytesTotal ()) {
// you must reference the target level or clip.
_root.BG._x = 0;
// try 0, 0 first. see if that lines up your background pics.
_root.BG._y = 0;
clearInterval(preloadI);
}
}

how could i adapt it to show percentage of the jpeg loaded? as some jpegs take long to load and it would be nice for the viewer to see what happeneing (the jpegs are small and making them smaller would be difficult.

How To Get This Set Up? (including External Jpeg Preloader...)
Hi,
I have one day till my site launches and I'd really appreciate some feedback on this...it should be the last thing i need help on since it's not a very complicated site.

Check out this link and click on "sketchz" for example:
http://stenkat.kimasa-crew.com/sk3main.html

now, when you click on a thumbnail of one of his sketches, a low alpha grey box appears and a preloader loads the image andd voila-you see his jpeg image or whatever nicely placed in the center of the screen. click anywhere on the screen and the grey box and image disappear and you can make another selection.

I really like how that form of showing artwork is executed and would like to try it out on my site. quite a numbe of factors would come into play though which i simply do not know. I did do my research and found a thread telling you how to load an external jpeg with a preloader adn though it was helpful, i still have a couple more questions.
1)how do you get the jpeg image to load in the center of the screen like that guy did?
2)how do you get it so the image and grey box(which i know must be a movie clip) disappear upon pressing anywhere on the screen? or should i just play it simple and provide a close button. if i do that what script would i need to apply to the button so the grey box and image disappear?

so that is the bulk of it...anyone who think they can help but needs my flash file, let me know and I'll email it to you. i check here frequently.

thanks a bunch!

[F8] Load External Jpeg With Preloader
Hi

I am wanting to randomly load 1 of 10 external jpegs into an container_mc.

Does anybody know if it is possible to have a preloader for each jpeg with out making them swf's??

cheers Max

Preloader Externally Loaded Jpeg
Hi
I know how to do a preloader for swfs that are loaded externally,but
if i want a preloader for a dynamically loaded external jpeg, do i just target the prelaoder to judge the propeties of the target movie clip that the external jpeg is being loaded into?
i have tried this method and have had varied results maybe i m doing something wrong)

Thanks
Michael

Help Needed For A Jpeg Preloader... Agonizing.
I am loading jpegs into a movie clip loader and need a preloader right before. I am using a simple transparency fader on frames 2-15, so would like to have the image completely loaded into the movie clip 'loader' before I start the fade.
Check out the link below. You can see that the images 'pop' in. They are displayed after the fader has passed by. This is really obvious when you are visiting for the first time and they haven't been loaded into the computer cache, after they are loaded you can see the fader working quite nicely, as if they were 'unveiled' after being loaded in.
Any advice would be really, really appreciated.

http://inadequateanimal.com/index2.html

The code I am using points to the 'topleftloader' movie clip from frame 1 of the 'topleft' movie clip. The fader begins on frame 2.

filename = ["01.jpg", "02.jpg", "03.jpg", "04.jpg", "05.jpg", "06.jpg", "07.jpg", "08.jpg", "09.jpg"];
path = "pictures/topleft/";
i = filename.length;
k = Math.floor(Math.random()*i);
loadMovie(path+filename[k], topleftloader);

Thanks!

How To Make A Preloader For An External Jpeg?
hi friends..
im pretty new to flash and photoshop.. n its ma first post . i been struggling long enough to make a proper site.. been goin to some tutorials and bla bla bla

i got lots of questions to be asked .. but me start with this one .. its abt ma gallery which i found and played around n came out with this

Gallery

its small so please adjust.. n it might take few secs to load an image n one more thing.. only few images load cuz i havent uploaded much images n only the name ones load not the ones like Image 11 , 12 n yada yada

well the same question was asked before i guess 2 days back abt preloader for external jpegs.. its the same concept i guess n after readin it i couldnt understand how it works..

preloader for external jpg

i just want to teach , show me how to make a preloader for jpegs ?
it would be great help for me please?

Thanking you
Muneeb

Dynamic .jpeg Preloader Problem
Last edited by Webcat : 2003-07-18 at 15:10.

Greetings.

I am having a problem with a preloader for a dynamically loaded menu of product thumbnails.

I need to find a way to ensure that all of the product images have been loaded before the menu is revealed. It does this by counting loaded thumbnails untill it matches the total number of products to be loaded in the menu, triggering the fadein action.

I have been using getBytesTotal and getBytesLoaded to measure the loaded movie however my script does not seem to be measuring the actual size of the .jpg's that I am loading into the dynamic movie clip.

I have posted my code below.

Any help would be appreciated.

product = _root.catnav.nav.attachMovie("product_thumb", "product_thumb"+i, i);

loadMovie("images/Thumbnails100/"+product+"_t.jpg", "product.image");

product.onEnterFrame = function() {

if (_root.catnav.loaded=="false") {

if (product.image.getBytesLoaded()>=product.image.getBytesTotal() ) {

_root.thumbnails+=1;

}

}

};

Reusing Preloader For An External Jpeg FlashMX Pro
Hello all,
I have a preloader which works great for the main swf
Now I want to use the same preloader for an external jpeg file
when i create the blank mc how do I code the preloader for multiple external jpeg files? (Slide presentation)

Many thanxs in advance

Paul

Preloading Jpeg Files (preloader Sequence Error With IE)
// preloader
j = 1;
_root.createEmptyMovieClip('preloader', 12);
preloader._x = Stage.width/2;
preloader._y = Stage.height/2;
preloader._alpha = 0;
_root.createTextField('preloaderText', 13, (Stage.width/2)-25, (Stage.height/2)-25, 300, 100);
Int = setInterval(function () {
if (j<9) {
preloader.loadMovie('image'+j+'.jpg');
bytesLoaded = preloader.getBytesLoaded();
bytesTotal = preloader.getBytesTotal();
trace(bytesLoaded);
if (bytesTotal>0) {
if (bytesLoaded == bytesTotal) {
j++;
trace("image"+j+" loaded");
} else {
preloaderText.text = 'loading...'+bytesLoaded;
preloaderText.autoSize = "left";
trace(bytesLoaded+" of image"+j);
}
}
} else {
removeMovieClip("preloader");
removeMovieClip("preloaderText");
play();
clearInterval(Int);
}
}, 1000);

My problem is while it works fine with NETSCAPE > 6 browser it doesnt with IE 6

Now I use flash player 6 plugin on both browsers
I am using a DIAL UP
it works with IE with other people because they are using a faster connection
in IE i notice that the status bar shows a 'downloading' status when loading the flash movie yet it doesnt seem to continue after that.

the movie can be viewed at
http://www.onlinetnt.com/draft/flash/DIALUP_REDRAFT.swf

What is wrong here

Preloader Not Displaying Progress On Externally Loaded Jpeg
Hi,

I am in the process of making an interactive tour plan, which quite simply is a floor plan of a building which when interacted with by the user shows a description and image of the room in question. With the image I am loading the jpeg externally (using a tutorial I found on the web) and it works fine except the preloader, which is a component does not work, it sticks on 0% and then the image pings in. I'm not really sure why this is happening - can anyone help?

The fla file can be found here: http://www.chaosdesign.com/englemere...ourWedding.fla

Many thanks
Bev

Loading Movie After Loading Jpeg
So i have a movie that loads a jpeg dynamically, and when i press a play button, i want it to load a movie into the same place. The problem seems to be that after loading the jpeg, i cannot control the movie anymore. Specifically, the jpeg is loaded into _level0.mov1.LoadMovHere
I have 2 frames on mov1. Frame 1 loads the jpeg and has a stop. Frame 2 loads the swf, has a trace (for debugging), and a stop. I have tried everything to get this to gotoAndPLay(2), what am i missing?
any help is appreciated, thanks.

Please Help Loading Jpeg
I have tried to load the jpeg to a movieclip, and it can be shown. But now I want to adjust the size as well. I've tried this by changing the size of the movieclip, but the height and width properties of the movieclip cannot be set properly...What should I do?

Loading Jpeg's Into Swf
hi all, how do i load jpegs into an swf with a preloader for the jpeg's ???

thanks
protocol

Loading Jpeg's Into Swf.
hi everyone, i have a few questions so bear with me.

firstly can i load jpegs into a swf in flash 5, not MX?

now on to the main questions...

when i load a jpeg can i have a preloader for the pic in the movie?
if so how?

and lastly i don't want other's to hotlink my pics (those pesky bandwidth bandits). can i place the jpeg into its own movie that would then load into the main movie but if not in the main movie it won't play. basically can the pic swf first check for a variable in the movie its being loaded into, and if the var is not present show another frame?

thanks
protocol

Loading Jpeg
this is really simple i know but for some reason its not working!! i have an empty movie clip on stage with this code:

onClipEvent (load){
location = "smallimage1.jpg"
this.loadMovie(location);
}

smallimage1.jpg small image exists in the same folder and the name is definetly correct i cut and pasted it. What am i doing wrong?!! thanx for the help in advance

Loading Jpeg
Please can somebody help me with this problem: I need to make a stand alone application for CD-ROM and in some part of the movie I need to load jpeg images in the movie but the number of pictures will vary from CD to CD. I know how to do it with fixed number of pictures but this present a problem , because sometimes there are 20 pictures and sometimes 50!