Flash :: Preloader...not...loading... :S

More On Background Swf Loading *or* PRELOADER OF A PRELOADER
Deja vu, but here we go! I asked this before, but I'm still not quite there. I can guess you can call this post HOW TO MAKE A PRELOADER OF A PRELOADER! lol...

Here's the setup. I have 3 swf files burned off. In other words, I will have a main movie with two buttons that will load each of the other two (depending on which button is clicked) with the "loadMovie" action. I have a preloader setup for all the movies. So, when button one is clicked it will load the first swf into level 1, etc and the preloader animation will run until it's loaded...etc. for the other swf and button.

Now, that's the setup, here's what I'm looking to do.
Is there a way (on the main stage) to set an action that will start the loading process of the other two swfs (that the buttons activate)"in the backgroud" BEFORE the buttons are pressed. In other words, I want to start the loading process before anything is done and then when the button is clicked, what hasn't been loaded, if any, will finish off with the preloader animation going.
TWO THINGS:
1) I want to do this with multiple swf's (as explained above) NOT one huge swf with all the scenes.
2) Even if the swfs finish before a button is clicked, I want them to just "sit there" invisible until a button is clicked. I know that I can achieve the invisible effect by leaving the first frame of each loaded swf blank and applying a stop action.
3)The clips that I will be loading are the same size of the stage, therefore, will be covering up the main timeline completely (an "unloadMovie" action is put into a button to get back to the main timeline which acts as a "back" button of sorts).

Well, that's about it. I hope I explained it thouroughly enough. Some extra info....on the main timeline I have the preloader on frame 1 (an anonymous one, it works for any timeline of any scene or swf that I put it on), then my "main" page on frame 2 (the one with the two buttons).

Thoughts and impressions:
Should I load each of the swf's into their own movie clip in level 1? I don't know if this would make a difference, but I'm throwing it out there for comments!

Preloader For Swf Loading Into MC
does anyone know how

when you are loading an external swf into a MC and you want to find out how much of it is loaded whether you can do this without putting the preloader in the MC that is loading?

i.e. Can you take the getBytesLoaded from the MC you are loading the swf into to make a graphical preloader?

thanks,

Jamie

Loading A Preloader
I just did a tutorial for a preloader. How do I associate it with the actual flash movie? DO i somehow load it into the movie or what? Please help tonight...

Loading A Swf W/o A Preloader
Hello,

I have a looping animation in a into.swf file that i want to loop (frames 1-48) until my transition.swf is done loading.

Do i need to type something in frame 1 to have flash start pre-caching transition.swf?

what code do i put in frame 48 that will then

because: i only want intro.swf to load transition.swf when transition is 100% loaded.

(transition.swf is about 1 meg)

-Ides

Preloader Not Loading..
can someone look at this and let me know why the preloader isnt working?

http://www.members.aol.com/jsimon456/page1.zip

Loading A Swf With A Preloader
i'm using flash 2004
any help with this problem would greatly be apreciated cause its been driving me insane. i have a main fla file which imports swfs using:

loadMovie("image1.swf", "loader");

"loader" is the name of the movieClip the swfs get loaded into.

in the swfs that are getting imported i have used this code for a preloader:

stop();
myInterval = setInterval(preloader, 10);
function preloader() {
if (GetBytesLoaded()>=getBytesTotal()) {
play();
clearInterval(myInterval);
}
}
everything is cool and it works when its one button, but the problems begin when i have two buttons. if i press one and let the swf load fully no problem happens when i press the second button. but if i press the second button while the first swf is still loading, then when the swf finishes loading the swf loops continuously. this is has been so frustrating.

i've tried other preloaders but all of them which loop the frames, dont work when imported. they just stall.

does anyone know anyway around this, perhaps another preloader code?

thanks
if u want the files to check it out, let me know and i can zip them.

Preloader Loading...
So I have this preloader I made and it works in the sense it dosen't let you go past the preloader frames until everything is loaded BUT the loader does not show up until nearly 40% of the movie is loaded.

Now I am assuming this is because flash exports a whole lot of junk in the first frame of the movie and this is holding up the display of my preloader. Does anyone have a suggestion to work around this? I don't like the idea of a blank screen for about 10 seconds before my movie loads. Could I eliminate this by putting the preloader in another swf and loading the content of the swf in to the preloader? Any help or ides would be appreciated....thanks.

Preloader Loading?
If i use the framesloaded actionscript before each scene do the other scenes load in the background while scene 1 is playing?

Preloader For Loading Jpg's?
Is there a way of having a preloader for loading jpg's?

I'm not quite sure how I would do it.
The only way I can think of is having the jpg load in a simple swf, having a preloader in and then just loading this swf into my main Flash file.

Is there a better way of doing this?
I've seen a really slick example:
http://www.imagevuex.com/sites/newx/

I've had a look through the sample movies on Flashkit... but I haven't really seen anything useful.

Any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks.

Jam

Preloader Not Loading Right
my preloader is not comming up on enter into the web site instead it pops up when the load bar reaches 90% until then the screen stays Blank what can I do to fix this proplem??? Please help

www.middlefieldglass.com/sale.htm Then click on any of the doors on the page

Preloader Not Loading
Hello,

When my swf files are loading there is a preloader that shows the percent loaded of the files. However, for one file it does not show the preloader. It's blank until the page loads. Does anyone have an idea what this might be? Thank you

Loading Preloader In MC
where do i add[ _root.loader ]to this code to make it load in the MC. I tried adding to all and it didn't work. Maybe I'm missing something. MC in Main Movie is called loader.

inside the bar:
code:
onClipEvent (load) {
}

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
_root.BytesTotal = _root.getBytesTotal();
_root.BytesLoaded = _root.getBytesLoaded();
if (_root.BytesTotal) {
p = Math.round((_root.BytesLoaded/_root.BytesTotal)*100);
this.gotoAndStop(int(this._totalframes*(p/100)));
_root.preloader.percent=p;
}
if (!isNaN(_root.BytesLoaded)) {
if (_root.BytesLoaded == _root.BytesTotal) {
_root.play();
}
}
}

within timeline:
code:
if (_root.loader.getBytesLoaded() == _root.loader.getBytesTotal()) {
nextScene();
} else {
percentage = Math.round((_root.loader.getBytesLoaded()/_root.loader.getBytesTotal())*100) add "%";
}

thx for assistance.

Xml Not Loading After Preloader
My xml was loading fine until I made a preloader( not made, did it with a tuto).
The preloader is on frame 1 and the xml + all items on my stage are on frame 3.
I traced the xml but it comes out undefined...
What is happening ??Do I miss something else to launch my xml loading ?
Here is the code for the preloader in case :
stop();
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
var amount:Number = this.getBytesLoaded()/this.getBytesTotal()*100;
loader._xscale = amount;
if (amount == 100) {
this.gotoAndPlay(3);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
};

Preloader Not Loading...
I have attached the loader...is a mc with shape tween...
anyways the loader *seems* to load but at the end like at 90% with not much to load and hence is not a preloader anymore... I have read others thread saying to uncheck import on first frame but in my case I don't have anything in library but loader related stuff. I know must be something simple but being newbie in AS (not programming though) is kind of confusing why doesnt work if *everything is right*

Thanks for your help and time.

EdIt: nevermind, I just needed to add more content *sigh*

Loading SWF With Preloader
I want to load an external SWF with a preloader. I have the script for preloader and one built, but I want to make sure it is preloading the external SWF movie. This seems like a simple problem. Any advice?

Preloader Loading At 23%?
I created a preloader in a scene called 'preloader', my main scene is called: scene. For some reason it won't display the preloader until it reaches 23%..Here is the code I am using on frame 1 of preloader scene:

Code:
var loadAmount = _totalframes;
if (_framesloaded == loadAmount) {
gotoAndPlay("main",1);
}

else {
loaded = Math.round(getBytesLoaded()/1024);
total = Math.round(getBytesTotal()/1024);
percent = Math.round((loaded/total)*100);
loaderBox.percent = percent + "%";
loaderBox.box._width = percent;
}
Any ideas why this is occuring?

Preloader Loading Into MC
Hello Everyone,
I am having problems getting my preloader to work when it is being loaded into a MC. Here is the setup

I have a main fla that has a MC that is loading a swf (with preloader) when a button is clicked. This button is on the main timeline nested inside of a MC.

The preloader works fine on its own
http://jjcstudios.com/whats_new4.swf

but when it is loaded into a MC the progress bar jumps to shows it is completed but is still loading the file. The link is below. Click on Whats New button

http://jjcstudios.com/index4.php

Hope someone can give me a hand on this

Preloader Not Loading...
Not sure if I am posting this in the right section, but I have a preloader on my website which I cannot seem to see and it does not appear to work at all with IE

I was hoping if someone can check it out and let me know if

1. you can see the preloader
2. if the website works with IE

its www.iccimmigration.com

when I load www.iccimmigration.com/index.swf I CAN see the preloader, but not when I go directly to the site.

Thanks in advance.

Preloader Not Loading Anything
Hi I was wondering if any one can help I amtrying to create a numbered preloader with rain drop effect, I can get the preloader to count but it wont load anything else!!

Here is the code, I cant figure what I'v missed.

var startStrength = 0;
var targetStrength = .1;

old_perc = 0;
fake_perc = 0;

this.onEnterFrame = function(){

fake_perc += (Math.random()/25);
if(Math.round(fake_perc) != old_perc && Math.round(fake_perc) <= 99){
var p = Math.round(fake_perc);
var s = p < 10 ? "0" + p : p;
img01_mc.perc_tf.text = s+"%";
myFilter.refresh();
myFilter.createDrop(30, 25);
}
old_perc = Math.round(fake_perc);

}

Preloader Not Loading Until 50%
Hey all! So, I've made an .swf file (not very large but still needs a preloader). So what I did was I made 2 scenes. In scene 1 is the preloader and in Scene 2 is the movie.

In Scene 1 I have 4 Layers (actions => contains the AS code, loader => contains a Movie Clip called loader which is the progress bar and a text box to display Loading... xx, border => just a border around the progress bar to show where it ends, and TOSP => which contains text saying "Turn On Your Sound Please").

The code in actions looks like this

ActionScript Code:
stop();

this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,onProgress);
this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);

function onProgress(e:ProgressEvent):void
{
var loaded:Number = e.target.bytesLoaded;
var total:Number = e.target.bytesTotal;
var pct:Number = loaded/total;
loader_mc.scaleX = pct;
loaded_txt.text = "Loading... " + (Math.round(pct * 100)) + "%";
}

function onComplete(e:Event):void
{
nextScene();
}

What happens is if you have a slow internet connection (or you simulate downloading on a slower bandwidth) The Preloader doesn't show up until 47 - 50%. Any Ideas Why?
(I'll Get a link to the .fla a little bit later, at school so I can't do it, sorry.)

Thanks.

[EDIT] : Becuase I am kind of new to AS3 I Used a tutorial by Craig Campbell Found Here.

Preloader Not 'pre-loading'
Hey people,
I have implemented a pre-loader into my project in the first frame. I believe my code for the actual preloader is working, although when I test my movie at a simulation speed, it doesn't actually 'pre-load' - the screen just stays white until the movie is loaded, then the preloader pops up for a few seconds and the movie starts. Can anyone help me out here?

This is the code I have in the first frame of the preloader. I don't see why this shouldn't work?

PHP Code:

stop();

preloader.onEnterFrame = function () {
    if (_root._framesloaded >= _root._totalframes) {
        _root.gotoAndPlay ("menu");
    } else {
        this.gotoAndStop((_framesloaded/_totalframes)*100);
    }
}

LOADING BAR OR PRELOADER BAR
CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHERE TO FIND EASY TUTORIAL FOR LOADING BAR?I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A EASY TUTORIAL ABOUT LOADING BAR OR PRELOADER BUT I COULD NOT FIND IT. HELP ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Preloader Without Loading Bar
I'm pretty new to this. I've created a flash movie as the header in a html/css web page. After searching extensively, I'm in need of the action script code that will allow me to create a pre-loader that loads just a static jpeg as the rest of the swf loads. None of the tutorials seem to address what I am looking for. In short, I do not need "a loading bar, a percentage preloader and a text field that shows how many bytes of your SWF movie have been loaded so far and the total file size" just a static jpeg that shows until the swf loads.

Nothing I've tried seems to work when I test it.

Currently I have:

this.onEnterFrame =function(){
var total:Number =this.getBytesTotal();
var loaded:Number = this.getBytesLoaded();
var percent:Number = Math.round(Number(loaded/total)*100);
myString.text = percent.toString()+ "%";

if(loaded >= total)
{
this.onEnterFrame = null;
delete(this.onEnterFrame);
this.gotoAndPlay("Scene 2", 1);
}
}

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Preloader Loading Once Not Twice
im making a website
it consists of various .swf files
the files all have a preloader taking up the first 2 frames

the first time someone views the page (file) say floor1.swf, they get the preloader while it loads
if they leave that page (load a new swf) and then later come back to floor1.swf it will reload floor1.swf but because the file is already in memory it skips the preloader (almsot)

the problem i have is when floor1.swf loads for the second time to loads at frame one flashing the image that is part of the preloader for jsut that one frame - it then reads the get bytes etc and moves past the preloader to frame three

is there soem way i can skip the preloader completely after the floor1.swf has been loaded once?
i really don't want that image to be displayed for the one frame that it is

Loading *.png With A Preloader
hey,

I tried to use the tutorial for loading external image files using XML. Everything was going peachy until I tried to load a *.png. Maybe I did something wrong but it just didn't load anything.

So question is, can I even load a PNG from an external location?

Here's another problem. So when I transition an image from Alpha 0% to 100% if the background is white it's just peachy. But, if the background is dark gray when it transitions for the in between you see a lighter background on the transitioning image. Does anyone have a way around this?

Thanks in advance.

Loading Swf (which Has Its Own Preloader)
In my main movie, I am trying to load a welcome section ("welcome.swf") into a blank movieclip (instance name: contents)

Now, welcome.swf has its own simple preloader. When I test the movie (welcome.swf) on its own, its fine - the little preloading animation shows. However, when trying to load it from the main movie, all I get is a brief glimpse of the preloader animation then MY MAIN MOVIE RETURNS TO THE BEGINNING AGIN - AND KEEPS LOOPING!!

Here's my code:

SCRIPT TO LOAD WELCOME SECTION ON MAIN MOVIE TIMELINE:

_root.contents.loadMovie("welcome.swf");

PRELOADER SCRIPT FOR WELCOME.SWF

total = _root.getBytesTotal();
loaded = _root.getBytesLoaded();
if (loaded>=total) {
_root.gotoAndPlay(32)
}

Why is it not working??????

Mp3 Loading Before Preloader
Hi there,

I am so close to completing a project but have hit a wall where it appears that the mp3 in Scene 1 is loading with or before the preloader. This throws the whole animation off because the music finishes before the end of the movie. It also takes the preloader awhile to load and when it does it only shows for a couple of seconds before the movie begins.

I am not using action script to call on the mp3 (don't know how yet) so just created a layer called sound in Scene 1 and dropped the mp3 into it.

I could really use some help with this.

this is what I have;
(you can view at http://hopesmiths.com/index_new.php)

in the preloader i have one layer with 5 key frames. In frame one I have the following action script,

ifFrameLoaded ("Scene 1", 321){
gotoAndPlay ("Scene 1", 1);
}

and in the last frame I have the following

gotoAndPlay ("Preload", 1);

The other thing is when I test the movie and look at the bandwidth meter it says that it has close to 1024KB on the first frame.

I really want the preloader to load and the music to only start when the movie does.

Thanks anyone in advance that can help.

Preloader Not Loading At All
I've got a site made in flash that dynamically loads external swfs. I am using a preloader on the main movie, and I am also using preloaders on each of the external swfs. When I test my movie, everything works perfectly, but when I tell it to simulate download, the preloader for the main movie works and the main movie works, but when I call the external swfs, it goes to a blank page. It looks like it's trying to load the preloader but it's not working for some reason. Also, when I post it online, the main movie preloader does the same thing that the external ones were doing. So when you type in the site, it's just a blank page. Why would it work as a test but not online? And why would it work only when it's not simulating download for the external swfs and have nothing work online?

Loading Ou Preloader
Hi people anyone can tell me how to do a preloader (or loader)?
Like this:

An static text saying "loading" and on its side and dynamic "83%"
????

Thanks

marcelozep

Loading Movie With Preloader In Movie With Preloader - Problem
I have problem this problem:

I have main MC (SWF) with preloader.
I load in this MC another MC1(SWF) and this MC1 have preloader too.
During preloading blinks the main MC and MC1 => nothing is loaded.

If i remove from MC1 preloader all works without problem, but i must use preloader for MC1 too.

How can i solve it?

I think the problem is, that i use the same code for both MCs and preloader goes in some loop.

I use this preloader:

Code:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
_root.preloader.bar._xscale = siteLoaded;
siteLoaded = int((loaded_bytes/total_bytes)*100);
// bytes
total_bytes = _root.getBytesTotal();
loaded_bytes = _root.getBytesLoaded();
remaining_bytes = total_bytes-loaded_bytes;
// frames
frame_loaded = _root._framesloaded;
frame_total = _root._totalframes;
// kilo bytes
totalkb = int(total_bytes/1024) add "KB";
loadedkb = int(loaded_bytes/1024) add "KB";
remaining_kb = int(remaining_bytes/1024);
remainingkb = int(remaining_kb) add "KB";
percent_done = int((loaded_bytes/total_bytes)*100) add "%";
// time
time = getTimer()/1000;
// speed
speed = loaded_bytes/time;
bits = speed/1024;
Kbps = Math.round(bits*10)/10 add "KB/S";
// time remaining
kbyteCounter = (total_bytes-loaded_bytes)/1024;
loadRate = (loaded_bytes/1024)/time;
timeCounter = kbyteCounter/loadRate;
minutes = Math.floor(timeCounter/60);
seconds = Math.round((timeCounter/60-minutes)*60);
time_remaining = minutes+" min "+seconds+" sec";
// timeelapsed
minute = Math.floor(time/60);
second = Math.round((time/60-minute)*60);
time_elapsed = minute+" min "+second+" sec";
if (total_bytes == loaded_bytes)
{
_root.gotoAndStop (2);
}
}
How should i set preloader for MC1, which is inside of main movie MC?
I load MC1 (extertal SWF) in empty MC2 in _leve0 of main movie MC.

Thanks Jan

External *.swf Loading/Preloader
Hello, I'll explain my problem....

I have a main swf with my 6 buttons for navigation. I want to make a single preload which can load the external *.swf depending on the button click. I am wanting to do this dynamically somehow. Like when you click a button it sets a variable and then calls the preload which does its thing and then loads the appropriate movie depending on the button click/variable value.

If that seems impossible, or hard to understand I will live with this:

A main preloader when the movie starts which loads the main movie and all the external *.swfs in one bunch, not serpately.

Thanks.

Preloader For Swfs Loading Into MC
If I load MCs into my movie, where do I build the Preloader, in the swf im bringing in or in the main movie. Also, _getBytesLoaded and etc. Does that apply to MCs?

I'm a little confused!!!

cheers,
Kaphka

Please Help Me With A Preloader For Loading Movies
Frame One is Blank

Frame two has this code

txtPercentage = Math.round((this.getBytesLoaded()/this.getBytesTotal())*100) add "%";
tellTarget ("loader") {
gotoAndPlay (Math.round((this.getBytesLoaded()/this.getBytesTotal())*100));
}

Frame Three

if (this.getBytesLoaded() == this.getBytesTotal()) {
nextScene ();
} else {
gotoAndPlay (2);
}

I want to load a swf with a preloader into my main movie using a button with this code

on (release) {
loadMovieNum ("my.swf", 1);
}

Thank you for your time
montara

Preloader For Loading External Swf...help
hi all, my first post...

i've got a main flash "homepage" that has buttons which load external .swf files into movie clips instead of levels so i can control placement of the loaded movie)...you know, the old "load movie into movie" deal? the first frame of the container movie is empty so it just has a dot to signify where the loaded swf's top left corner will be... i've got all that business working.

my problem is, when i went back to add a preloader to the loaded swf's, i went the way of "get bytes" etc. putting the preloader in it's own scene (making the loaded swfs 2 scenes total). when i test this, in the preview it seems ok... but when i go live with it, i click the button to load the external .swf, expecting to see my snazzy preloader, and i get a quick "zip" of the preloader as if the .swf loaded quickly and then a wait, as if the preloader only thought it did, when actually it's still loading...

i read a LOT of posts looking for a solution and haven't found one... the closest was one about the use of the onClipEvent action, but i need more info if that's the solution... thanks for any help!

-boom

Preloader For Loading A Jpg Into A Movie?
I am loading images in and it takes to long for them to come up with a dial up. I am wanting to make a preloader for each image that is loaded. I am already testing the bytes loaded so it fades in. I am just wanting some kind of word or bar to show that something is happening so clients will wait for the pic.
Below are 2 ways I have used.

picLoad = mc.getBytesLoaded();
picTotal = mc.getBytesTotal();
picDone = int((picLoad/picTotal)*100);
if (picDone == 100) {
gotoAndPlay("scale");
}
Next Frame--------------
gotoAndPlay("check")

*******************************************

if ((mc.getBytesLoaded()==mc.getBytesTotal())&&(mc.ge tBytesTotal();>5))
{
gotoAndPlay("Scale");
}
next frame---------------
gotoAndPlay()("check");

********************************************

Please give me some ideas. I know it can't be that hard because I see it alot. I just can't figure it out.

LIBRARY LOADING BEFORE PRELOADER?
The problem is this.

We have a movie with alot of components in it. So when we preload the movie it takes about 70% until the preloader comes up at all. Now we think its because the library loads before the 1st frame. We found that the linkage was loading in frame 1 so we stopped that but still no better. You look at nothing for about 30 seconds and then preloader comes up for about 5 at 70% and counts the rest out and then the movie loads. ANY IDEAS????

http://www.infoco.com.au
thinking outside of the circle

Preloader For Loading A Jpeg?
I am loading a jpeg into a movie clip and was wonering if there is anyway of having a simple preloader for this. any suggestion?
mike

Loading Pics Preloader
hi i need to load jpg images on the fly
into my flash movie
is there any way i can make a preloader for maybe a set of
images
for example i have 10 pages of images
each page may have 5 pics
so if i click on page 2 it should load
pic6.jpg to pic11.jpg
but it should dispplay all the images only after all
the images have loaded and before this it should display a loading images text

thanks
rahul

Preloader For A Dynamically Loading MP3?
Right then. I'm trying to dynamically load an MP3, but I'd like some way to let people know that it's loading. I suppose I could just make a little flashing "loading" MC, but I'd rather be as precise as I can for the dialuppers out there.

To see the page it's going on: http://www.souldivine.net/version2/version2index.html

Click on Media and then Audio.

Please go easy on me. It's my first Flash site and not very in depth yet. Would it be easier to not have the sound objects dynamically load? What are my alternatives? Thanks in advance for any help you guys can give, you're the best!

>>> Preloader For Loading External Swf <<<
is there any template anyone has for a simple bar preloader for loadnig external swf. Aso where would this preloader go, would it go onto the main swf or the swf being loaded?

Loading A Preloader Between Scenes
how do i call the preloader so that it will load up when a link is pressed?
i have one generic preloader that i found. It works when the movie is loading initially, but i want to use it when its loading a big scene.
Thanks in advance.

Preloader With Loading Movies
hello all.

I'm trying to make a preloader. But because I have movie loading on my fisrt frame i'm having difficulties. In my main movie i have two scenes. the first is my preloader and the second is just a blank frame with script that loads 7 more movies into levels one through seven. How do I get my preloader to work so that it doesn't move to scene 2 until all seven movies are loaded into their levels?

thanks
amy

Preloader And Loading Pictures
I need to write script for this action :
Galery with 10 pictures. Preloader is loading all of them.
But the first one shows up immediately after it completely loads and the rest those 9 pictures
are still loading. During I'm watching the first picture, the rest will be loaded.
If I click at the first picture earlier, the preloader showing how pictures are loading will show up.
I've tried everything , but I damn don't know how to do it. Please help me. Thanks

Preloader & Loading Frame Help
Can anyone tell me what and how to add a preloader. Also, can anyone tell me how to load another frame in a movie...
Example: Lets say I have the whole movie, but I have a button and I want to get to a certain frame. I want the other frame to act like another part of a webpage.

Help With Preloader When Loading External Swf
Hopefully someone can help me with the following problem:

In my main movie I have my navigation.
When the buttons are clicked for the different sections, a movie clip plays which is on the main timeline.
It's a basic transition window that closes to hide what loads behind it.

Once the trasition movie clip reaches a certain frame it says to load an external swf into a movie clip called "PlaceHolder" on the main timeline. Then the transition movie clip stops and waits for the external movie clip to load, once external movie clip is loaded tells the transition movie clip to play.

Here's my problem...
On the external movie clip I have a "LoadingClip" on the main time line with actions applied to it:

PHP Code:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
    if (framesLoaded == totalFrames) {
        _root.TransitionWindow.play();
    }
}

This works great. Only problem. It keeps making my TransitionWindow play over and over and over. How do I stop this from happening.
Seems easy. But I just can't figure it out.
I tried to remove the "LoadingClip" once the total frames was loaded, but it didn't work either.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

And if I didn't explain the setup of my movie very well, sorry.

Loading All My Swf Files At Once? Preloader
I'm working on a band's web site and as I look over the site on 56k connections. I have found that loading the files take longer then I like. The issue is that I have 5 swf files all load into the main swf file when the bottons are clicked. None of the files are over 80kb, So the site is not too heavy, yet I don't like the way I have it set up. I was looking over some other sites that I like here are a few. Wat I like is that it seems the whole web site loads at the first frame. Does any one know how this is done? All my swf files have pre loaders but I like how these sites just have one and it helps to make the rest of the pages load faster.
<a href="http://www.spartamusic.com>http://www.spartamusic.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.anniversaryrock.com/main.html>http://www.anniversaryrock.com/main.html</a>

Preloader Needs To Know If Loading From Cache
I am loading a long random sequence of swf files (from 5k to 500k) to each user and by guaging their download speed allowing them to play them whilst still downloading in the background.

The trouble is that on replays the files by design remaining in the cache throw the predictive preloader totally off.

Is there a way to know if a .swf is coming directly from the user's cache and so discount them from the preloader's calculations about how fast the user's download speed is?

blipstation