HOW TO PRELOAD MY MAIN SWF (not External Files But My Main)
I've done a main.swf that i use as a big container for my website, in this main.swf i used the document class, where i import all the classes that i need for my interface and i load all the sections from externals .swf, preload this sections is not a problem, but i have this problem: how can i preload my main.swf if i have to put the code for the preloading into the document class, that is not working till its loading is not complete!?!?!? i mean it is like to say to the same object that i'm loading to check the loading of itself, the methods aren't be instanced, so.. looks not possibile to me.. wich way to follow?
Actionscript 3.0
Posted on: Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:42 pm
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Preloader To Also Preload External F4v Files In Main Movie?
n00b alert... I did search the forum (and several others online), but either the code got too complicated for me to even attempt to adjust it, or I didn't find a relevant answer.
So I really hope someone here can help me out.
I've found a preloader code online that works like a charm. I don't really know what half of it actually means/does, but it preloads and then plays the mainfile.swf . Me happy.
But the "mainfile.swf" calls external f4v files, and the problem is that they do not get preloaded. (And that kinda was why I needed a preloader in the first place...)
I gave all the f4v files instance names within the mainfile (assume: video01.f4v, video02.f4v etc), and the f4v files themselves are in the same folder as the mainfile.swf.
What do I need to add to the code to get it to preload everything?
Thanks in advance!!
ActionScript Code of my preloader is attached.
Attach Code
var l:Loader = new Loader(); l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, loop); l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, done);
l.load(new URLRequest("mainfile.swf"));
function loop(e:ProgressEvent):void
{
var perc:Number = e.bytesLoaded / e.bytesTotal;
percent.text = Math.ceil(perc*100).toString() + "%";
}
function done(e:Event):void
{
removeChildAt(0);
percent = null;
addChild(l);
}
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