How To Preload .swf's From Main Movie
I am loading multiple .swf's into a main .swf on different levels. So on the mains time line I have a frame that says this;
loadMovieNum ("AASPLASH*.swf", 8);
loadMovieNum ("NAVIGATION.swf", 3);
loadMovieNum ("AUDIO.swf", 5);
loadMovieNum ("SPINNER.swf", 1);
What I want on the main is to have is a % preloader that says, if these 4 movies are loaded go to a play them. This way when people view my site it looks seemless.
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Posted on: 2002-05-29
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How To Preload Main Movie
Hi!
This code is to preload external swf files?
Code:
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("content.swf");
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, loadProgress);
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadComplete);
function loadProgress(event:ProgressEvent):void {
var percentLoaded:Number = event.bytesLoaded/event.bytesTotal;
percentLoaded = Math.round(percentLoaded * 100);
trace("Loading: "+percentLoaded+"%");
}
function loadComplete(event:Event):void {
trace("Complete");
}
loader.load(request);
addChild(loader);
How would I do to preload the main file if this code is at first frame in the main movie inside a function for example?
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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.
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Attach Code
var l:Loader = new Loader(); l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, loop); l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, done);
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function loop(e:ProgressEvent):void
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Code:
package {
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
import flash.net.*;
import flash.text.*;
public class SiteLoader extends MovieClip {
var preloader_site_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
public function SiteLoader():void {
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//this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, initApplication);
this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, showProgress);
this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoadComplete);
}
public function showProgress(theProgress:ProgressEvent):void {
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TextField(MovieClip(preloader_site_mc).getChildByName("preloader_site_percentage")).text = "" + (theProgress.bytesLoaded / theProgress.bytesTotal * 100);
//update width of bar by amount changed as a percentage
Sprite(MovieClip(preloader_site_mc).getChildByName("preloader_site_progressBar")).scaleX = theProgress.bytesLoaded / theProgress.bytesTotal;
}
public function onLoadComplete (myEvent:Event):void {
gotoAndStop("loaded");
}
public function createPreloader():void {
//create the preloader itself dynamically
var sprite_preloader_site_progressBarBorder:Sprite = new Sprite;
sprite_preloader_site_progressBarBorder.graphics.lineStyle(0.5,0x30304a,0.5,false,LineScaleMode.NORMAL,CapsStyle.NONE);
sprite_preloader_site_progressBarBorder.graphics.moveTo(550,420);
sprite_preloader_site_progressBarBorder.graphics.lineTo(735,420);
sprite_preloader_site_progressBarBorder.graphics.moveTo(735,420);
sprite_preloader_site_progressBarBorder.graphics.lineTo(735,425);
sprite_preloader_site_progressBarBorder.graphics.moveTo(735,425);
sprite_preloader_site_progressBarBorder.graphics.lineTo(550,425);
sprite_preloader_site_progressBarBorder.graphics.moveTo(550,425);
sprite_preloader_site_progressBarBorder.graphics.lineTo(550,420);
preloader_site_mc.addChild(sprite_preloader_site_progressBarBorder);
var sprite_preloader_site_progressBar:Sprite = new Sprite;//b6c0df or fbda9b
sprite_preloader_site_progressBar.name = "preloader_site_progressBar";
sprite_preloader_site_progressBar.graphics.lineStyle(2,0xb6c0df,0.2,false,LineScaleMode.NORMAL,CapsStyle.NONE);
sprite_preloader_site_progressBar.graphics.moveTo(552,423);
sprite_preloader_site_progressBar.graphics.lineTo(734,423);//dont have a width yet
sprite_preloader_site_progressBar.scaleX = 0;
preloader_site_mc.addChild(sprite_preloader_site_progressBar);
//ADD TEXT FIELDS
//create new instance of the font
var preloader_site_font:Font = new Arial_Embedded();
//create a format for the fields
var preloader_site_TextFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
preloader_site_TextFormat.font = "Arial";//
preloader_site_TextFormat.color = 0x57578f;//0xfbda9b;
preloader_site_TextFormat.size = 10;
//create the fields & their attrs
var textField_preloader_site_loadingText = new TextField();
textField_preloader_site_loadingText.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
textField_preloader_site_loadingText.selectable = false;
textField_preloader_site_loadingText.name = "preloader_site_loadingText";
textField_preloader_site_loadingText.defaultTextFormat = preloader_site_TextFormat;
var textField_preloader_site_percentage = new TextField();
textField_preloader_site_percentage.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.NONE;
textField_preloader_site_percentage.selectable = false;
textField_preloader_site_percentage.name = "preloader_site_percentage";
textField_preloader_site_percentage.defaultTextFormat = preloader_site_TextFormat;
var textField_preloader_site_percentSymbol = new TextField();
textField_preloader_site_percentSymbol.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
textField_preloader_site_percentSymbol.selectable = false;
textField_preloader_site_percentSymbol.name = "preloader_site_percentSymbol";
textField_preloader_site_percentSymbol.defaultTextFormat = preloader_site_TextFormat;
//add content to those text fields
textField_preloader_site_loadingText.text = "LOADING DATA";
textField_preloader_site_percentage.text = 0;
textField_preloader_site_percentSymbol.text = " %";
//set the positions
textField_preloader_site_loadingText.x = 550;
textField_preloader_site_loadingText.y = 400;//move above registration point
textField_preloader_site_percentage.x = 700;
textField_preloader_site_percentage.y = 400;
textField_preloader_site_percentSymbol.x = 720;
textField_preloader_site_percentSymbol.y = 400;
preloader_site_mc.addChild(textField_preloader_site_loadingText);
preloader_site_mc.addChild(textField_preloader_site_percentage);
preloader_site_mc.addChild(textField_preloader_site_percentSymbol);
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}
}
}
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__________________
Anthony Palermo
aderium@bellsouth.net
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Good afternoon, I hope everyone's having a good Monday...
I've been struggling with this one for a while and despite intense Googling, haven't found anything but unanswered versions of the same question, so I thought I'd ask you guys...
I have a Flash project (CS3 & AS2) that was never intended to go on the net, but I now want to add to my personal portfolio online. It is one main movie that contains the navigation and a whole load of small SWF's that load into the levels above it using "loadMovieNum."
My problem is, is that it is crucial for all these external SWF's to be preloaded when you enter the site, in the main preloader of the main movie. This would mean they would all load instantly when called upon, instead of waiting for an individual preloader on each file.
I've tried combining all the SWF's into one file, which is implausible, and even bodging (with my limited AS skills) a preloader that loads all the movies in the first frame onto their various levels... which doesn't work.
I'm sure this must be a pretty common question and it seems like something that might be either really straight forward, or completely impossible, but any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated.
Take it easy,
Kristian
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Q.
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Detailed:
I am working on a site that the navigation page is its own movie or .fla, and the scenes that the buttons call are in there own .fla (there are 9 scenes). So when I export the navigation movie it becomes index.swf, and the scenes .fla is exported (sense there are nine scenes they are export in there own swf. so I have index_one.swf (which index_one.swf is scene1 and so on).
Now when i click on the button that calls the index_one.swf from the navigation page it sits there and the user does not now if the page is not working or its loading. so can I add any type of script to the main navigation page that would let me preload the index_one.swf. I would like it to show loading on the main navigation page and when it has completed it would go, to the new .swf file.
Thanks Jason
[Edited by motiongraphics on 07-19-2001 at 10:15 AM]
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