Flash :: White Flash...before Pre-load

Get Rid Of Flash Of White On Load...
Hello,
When a flash movie is placed in an htm... and the background of the htm and flash movie is a color... why is it when you go to that page you see a FAST flash of white where the movie is?

A temp htm I created is: http://www.allisonsbackstage.com/misc

see when you go to that page.. during the fast loading process you see a flash of white where the flash movie is.. why is this??

Any ideas how to fix this??

Thanks... I hope someone can help :-)

-Allison

White Boxes Behind My Flash On LOAD
Can somebody please give me a hand? I've been trying to figure this out for a while. I am putting my exported .swf files on top of a .jpg in dreamweaver and exporting the HTML. When the page loads, there are these ugly white boxes behind the flash sections as they load. Is there a way I can change this white to match the brown of the background while they're loading? I tried setting the "transparent windowless" under the publish settings, but maybe I'm doing it wrong.

if you want to see what I'm talking about, go to www.acornentertainment.com

Thanks!!

Getting A White Flash, When I Load External SWF's
Hello

I'm trying to load SWF movies into the main player, everything works fine, and the targetting etc works fine, except for the annoying fact that everytime it loads a SWF, (they are quite big SWFS with lots of images) there is a white flash as it replaces the one movie with the one that's been loaded.

Code:
loadMovie("one.swf", MovieHolder);
etc.
Anyone have any idea how to solve this?

Thanks in advance.

White Flash At Page Load
I saw a post here a while ago about getting rid of the white flash on page load. Seems that changing the bg color of flash to the bg color of my web page is not good enough.

can someone point me in the right direction for this script?

thanks
coop

White Flash In Load Movie Operation.
Hey,

I have a flash image cycle animation (see the following link)
http://www.aesrenew.com/indexflash2.html

It has 2 movies. 1 movie has script to run until movie 2 is 100% loaded, then load movie 2. Movie 1 (pre-loader) has just one image, which is the same image as the first frames of movie 2. The idea is that it loads quick, displays that image, loads the second movie in the background, then starts playing movie 2 seamlessly.

My problem is, as you may notice, there is a notable white flash between the first movie (pre-loader), and the second movie (cycling images)

Is this not the best way to achieve this?
Am I better off having just one movie, and a built in preloader?

Any recommendations would be great.

Heres the pre-loader code if anyone wants the details.

percentLoaded = "";
this.createEmptyMovieClip("container",10);
container.loadMovie("cycle.swf");
this.onEnterFrame=function(){
percent=(this.container.getBytesLoaded()/this.container.getBytesTotal())*100;

if(percent == 100){
delete this.onEnterFrame;
this.reelmc._visible = false;
loadMovie("cycle.swf",0);
}
}
stop();

Help When My Flash Files Load, It Appears As A White Background Before Loading...
www.blackreefdesign.com

Notice how for a second or two, the flash backgrounds are white (before they load). What is the easiest way around this, or how can I fix it?

thanks
Joe

Quick White Flash Before Flash Load On Website
Hello. I'm fairly new to flash and built a website, that does both images and flash. I have 3 flash files, 1 for a top animation, 1 for a navigation, and 1 for my bottom header. Anytime I load a page or click a link to visit the next page from an external link, like going from page1.html to page2.html, it instantly loads everything besides the flash files, which blink WHITE for half a second, then displays the content in the flash files. I've looked up some information on google.com, and came across what some other have recommended to other users having the same issue, which they mention using a preloader.
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum104/391.htm

this is what the white flash looks like on my website
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/5013/part3xx0.jpg
" the white areas are the flash files a second before they load "

So, I tired to create a preloader with no luck at all. I followed instructions perfectly to add in a preloader for my animation but i kept getting errors upon a preloader loading and it wouldn't load the content. Now, my project in Flash 8 looks like this, have 1 layer on the timeline, which that 1 layer has 1 frame, which that 1 frame has a movie on the fram and when you double click it, then leads to the animation I created for that movie. (i've provided images below for you guys to see.)

Part 1: http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/8421/part1bg1.jpg
Part 2: http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/9676/part2rw0.jpg

My question would be:
How do I add in a preloader for a project from the above images i've posted? If someone could point me in the right direction to a tutorial, or post some instruction steps on how to perform this that would be awesome. The white flashing is just terrible looking and I've been spending all day try to find a fix for this.

Thanks guys, I love the site. this site finally made me step up to flash and eat it like an apple, just gotta get the white flash thing gone. Thanks again.

Still Getting White Box On Load
Removed preloader and Im still getting a White Box on load. Where is this box coming from? How do I get rid of it? See link. Thanks

www.mileagesd.com

White Box... Wont't Load?
Hey there

I have a website for my band (www.adrenelin.co.uk). However i am using flash MX to design it. The swf file is about 42kb but whenever igo to the site to test it, it takes ages to load! and you cant see my pre-loader, all you can see is a white box.

What could be happening? As i say check te site out and tell me what could be wrong please... thanks

www.adrenelin.co.uk

TedTLogan

Eliminating 'the Big White Box ' On Load
In the second or two before my flash page appears with normal preloader etc, the size of the flash element is always shown a s a big white box over the surrounding black page...my background color is set to black on both the flash and html page containing it and I try to leave first frame clear of elements that would slow load...is there an easy fix for this unsightly hiccup to my intro?

Ugly White Box Appears On Load
In the second or two before my flash page appears with normal preloader etc, the size of the flash element is always shown a s a big white box over the surrounding black page...my background color is set to black on both the flash and html page containing it and I try to leave first frame clear of elements that would slow load...is there an easy fix for this unsightly hiccup to my intro?

On Load White Square Appears
when my flash movies load a white ssquare appears while waiting for the swf to load, even for very small movies. Is there a solution to this problem? Putting a preloader before everything seems a bit much?? does anyone else haave this problem. thanks for any assistance.
maria

Eliminating The Blank White Frame On Load?
I have a layer that contains an swf file on a blue background.

The actual HTML page is blue as well.

When the page loads... I get a white box where the SWF is until it loads.

How do I eliminate this white box from appearing before the animation loads?

Thanks!

[F8] TextArea-Load XML-Extra White Lines
Hi,
I am loading an XML file into a TextArea as regualr text.
But, the text in the TextArea doesn't look like my actual XML file.
There are extra white lines inserted into it.

XML FILE:

Code:
<tree>
<node label="Our Web Zone" url="http://www.ourwebzone.com" />
<node label="Google" url="http://www.google.com" />
<node label="Web Development Sites">
<node label="ASP.NET" url="http://www.asp.net" />
<node label="Perl" url="http://www.perl.org" />
<node label="PHP" url="http://www.php.net" />
<node label="Ruby on Rails" url="http://www.rubyonrails.org" />
<node label="W3 Schools" url="http://www.w3schools.com" />
</node>
</tree>
LOAD XML INTO TEXTAREA:

Code:
var txtXML:mx.controls.TextArea;
var my_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
my_lv.onData = function(src:String) {
if (src != undefined) {
_root.txtXML.text = src;
} else {
_root.txtXML.text = "Error loading text.";
}
}
my_lv.load("WebLaunch.xml");
What can I do?

SELECTABLE WHITE TEXT ON BLACK BACKGROUND - WHITE CURSOR - CAN IT BE?
SO i have a dynamic white text on a black background... can select but can't see what.
It is possible to change the selectable cursor's default black color with white?????
THANK YOU!

White Box? SWF Shows As White Box In Dreamweaver
The SWF starts animating, but a white box will show for a second and motion starts on /home.

on /portfolio and its lower levels the buttons showup but the graphics dont...

Im a noob, but I know the home page is only 48k, so I wouldnt guess size is an issue...

link

White Flash Between Swf
I am linking between about 10 swf on a website. There are multiple white flashes between the swf...

Is there anyway to reduce or eliminate these events between swfs?

yes...I am a newbie

A Flash Of White
I see a small flash of white space before my swf loads in the html page. to see what I am talking about visit:

http://www.momentumdental.com/

it is in the left hand corner. It is not critical but the client asked about it. Any ideas?

Why Do Some See A White Box Instead Of The Flash?
I just made my first Flash movie and put it on my web site. But some members only see a white box while other members see the movie. What could be the causes of this and how can I fix it??

Thanks so much in advance!
It's on this site: http://www.ioanonline.com

April

{{edited to say that I'm using Flash MX and my publish settings are for Flash Player 6. Could that be the trouble?}}

White Flash Box
Sorry if this has been asked before.

How can I get this white box from showing up before this flash movie begins?

Thanks for your help.

White Box Flashes Before Movie Plays Here

Brief Flash Of White
Hello all:

Sorry if this has been answered before but since it is a rather random question it is hard to pinpoint how someone else would have described it.

I have a flash movie with a black background (the XHTML page it is embedded in is also black) but when the swf first loads a flash of white appears before the movie begins.

Is there a way to prevent this from happening?

Thanks,

John

Black &White Pic In Flash
Hi

I want to import picture into the Flash and to change the pic's color only to Black & White colors by using the effect window.
Is it posible?

Thank's
Gafko

White Screen Flash
when my movie loads into html, there is a quick white flash on the screen.
can anyone tell me how to fix that?

thanks

White Flash Before Downloading
hi
can any help me with downloading a flash movie?
the problem is when I first start downloading the flash file a white image appears where the flash movie is, then it show the preloader but because the blank white area is has been there for a while the movie has already dwonload 40% of the movie???

why does this happen, does any one know how to fix it, is there a simple bit of script or something to put in with the preloader???

please help. a confused bunny
thank you!

White Lines In Flash
For some reason, there are white lines appearing around my Flash embeds in my newest website www.jefflondon.com only on IE, of course (I hate IE). Does anyone know what is causing this?

White Flash Before SWF Loads
Just before my flash movies load the background flashes white. I know this is the default for the SWF and that I can change the color by inserting "bgcolor=" into the <embed> tags, but can I use a background of the first pic that shows up in the flash movie so that it will be seamless for the user? Do I do this in Flash or is there a way in HTML?

Here is the site I am working on:

dansullivandesign.com/atlantic

Thanks in advance for your help!

White Background Flash
Does anyone know why the stage of a swf file flashes white before it loads into an HTML doc no matter what color you set the stage or HTML background to be? It's so annoying and cheap looking!:)

I thought maybe a small file sized preloader would solve this but I'm still getting the white stage flash

I have only seen this with my own work and have seen plenty of sites which don't do this, so there must be a solution

Here's an example....

www.omni1031jrb.com

Any ideas how to fix that? Its fine if the swf file takes a little while to load in, but I don't want to see the white background where it is loading into. I just want it to show the solid background color of the HTML page.

Thanks

Kit

White Box Behind Flash When In Html
Hi. I've created a flash with a black background and inserted in my html also with a black background. The problem is that when I click through the pages, for a half second or so, the area behind the flash is white (and stands out like a sore thumb). Any thoughts to why this might be happening and what to do to fix it? Thanks for your help.

The site is staged at: http://tinabranan.com/home.html

Flash Movie White In IE
I have a movie which was developed for me. I am not skilled in flash. The movie plays fine in Firefox but in IE it is white. Is there something that I can do to fix this from my end or does the developer need to do something on hers.

http://doughboyssurplus.com/defaulttest.aspx?brandID=STANS&BrandIndex=5

Above is the URL.

Thanks for any help.

LK

White Flash Between FLVs
Hello!

I am creating a virtual tour of an office with multiple video segments. I want to let the user make choices after each segement. I can choose the different flvs to play but I get a sudden white flash as I start the next video. Any suggestions how to eliminate that?

thanks,
rich!

Initial White Flash
Hello,

I apoligize in advance for the newbie type question.

I made a website that incorporates flash for the portfolio pages:

http://www.bahdeebahdu.com/light_sculptures/index.html
http://www.bahdeebahdu.com/interior_design/index.html

When you open the page the flash section flickers/flashes white a couple of times before loading. I tried adding a preloader that checked for both total bytes and total frames but still got the flicker/flash.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.
Aryon

When Swf Loading...flash Of White?
Hi,

I've got an swf file...when it is loading in the browser then is a pause a flash of white across the entire dimensions of the movie then it display the first frame...what's up with this? A bug...or is something wrong with my swf?

Help please...

Fed

Flash White Box On Upload
Hello everyone! I have made a flash drop-down menu for my website. It works fine online, but when the page is uploading, you can see a white box before the flash menu appears. Is there anyway I can change the color of this box to blend in with my background color? Or, is there anyway I can program my flash to only appear after it is uploaded (without the white box?)? Thanks!

Flash Showing White Box Only
I'm sure this is a path issue, but can't seem to figure it out. I'm loading an XML file with links to other swf files to load in. It works when just viewing the flash file.

html page path "/index.html"
flash path: "/assets/flash/slideshow.swf"
xml path: "/assets/flash/images.xml"

When loading the xml file into the swf, I've tried all of these without any success:
Code:
xmlData.load("./assets/flash/images.xml");
xmlData.load("/assets/flash/images.xml");
xmlData.load("assets/flash/images.xml");
xmlData.load("images.xml");
the other swfs that i'm trying to load in are the same directory as the slideshow.swf. I've used similar paths as above there. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Flash Of White When 1st Loading Swf
Hello, I'm having a problem with 2 flash elements on a PHP page I have. When you first click on the page, the small flash elements load. But right when you get to the page, in the first millisecond before the page loads, there's a white flash where the SWF files are. I don't really see this happening in IE, but definitely Firefox. Can't test it for Safari.

http://elmcityweb.com/clients/lje/index2.php

Is there a way I can get rid of this?

Thanks for any help,

Chris

Flash Loads As A White Box
Hello All,

I have question rather elementary in nature i'm sure.... but its killing me slowly. I have a site that I am implementing flash in- and I have never had this problem before.

When I load the page, the flash "box" is there, but it's white and no flash appears. But if you hover over it, it does "Click to activate this control..."

Here's the deal, the .swf is uploaded correctly in the public_html folder and called correctly.

When I go to my site and enter MySite.com/myflash.swf it again appears as a blank white box.

Here's the really odd thing- it loads fine on my local machine.

The site runs on a windows box and does have other flash that runs no prob.

The designer who built it supplied these files: .swf, .flv, .fla

ANY HELP anyone could provide would be GREATLY appreciated as I need a fix immediately.

Thanks!

Flash 8 Loading White
I have a very simple flash 8 annimation here. The background is set to a blue color the same as the page color. So basically, there's some annimated text over the scene layer which is set with a background color. Here's a sample.
http://www.icmerlin.com/test.html

When the swf loads in IE and Firefox it first loads as white then changes to the color of the background set in the annimation. I don't want it to load as white, but I want it to load with the background color in the file. I don't know if this is a browser issue, but I am wondering if there is a way not to have the swf load as white then change to its set background.

Thanks

Unwanted White Flash.
Last edited by Nomad-one : 2002-11-24 at 20:36.

On my site there is a unwanted white flash, I think this maybe caused by a LOAD_file script.
thanks 4 the help.http://www.htmlhow2s.com/jsmith/index.htm
Here is what i did at frame 50 I put a stop();
laodMovieNum("home.swf", 0);. I think the problem may be here.
I have been working on the site and will up date it this week.

Layers Get White In Flash .. HELP PLEASE
I never encountered somthing like this. The layers in the m_c r getten white after the frame "16,000" and the graphics in the layers wont move on stage or get modified in position. I have an FLV "embadded"running along the time line, does that has anything to do with it ?
I would appreciate some help in this as I havnt got a clue whats goin on :roll:

cheers

[CS3] White Backgrounds Instead Of White, Why?
This is just about the only question that I have right now, until I actually get into doing some work with flash. Anyway:

My problem deals with viewing some flash animations online. Before I updated my Flash Player to version 9, I have been able to view some of the animations on, say, Newgrounds, without a problem. However, after the update, what used to be black backgrounds are now white. A good example of this could be seen on VGCats.com.

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/extras/stillalive.php
On the loading screen and the replay screen, as well as throughout the lyrics, the background is white where it should be black.

As well as here:

http://tta.fireball20xl.com/
Here, I know for a fact that, behind the green star, the background used to be black. But now it's white for some reason.

I've tested this on a couple computers, just in case. All the ones that updated to Flash Player 9 have white backgrounds. The other computers that have not, however, stayed black as it should be. So, I'm only guessing it has something to do with the update, but I do not know what.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling both CS3 and Flash Player, and I did the usual things like clearing caches and cookies, but nothing I've done so far has seemed to solve my problem.

More or less, I'd like to know who else has had this problem at some point? Hopefully someone else has, I don't like being the only person in this situation. Makes me feel like an idiot trying to ask.

But I would like to know how to solve this, so I can get on my way with enjoying the animations as they should be.

Thanks.

Flash MX Showing White Boxes
I have created a Flash MX intro for a small clothing company and have gone to it on a few different computers. I have noticed on two different computers the movie not starting. I have a link to the Macromedia flash player 6 downlaod and went to it and downloaded and still nothing. Now, most computers show it no problem. I am wondering why others might not. And how come there are other sites, like 2advanced.com shows perfectly no matter where you look it up and with no wait time even though the site has to have massive amounts of flash file size? Does this have something to do with using Flash MX or maybe the Flash size. Anyone? The site is http://www.uriahboardware.com Please help.

Blag

White Space While Loading Flash...
i embedded the swf in the html page with a dark background.

while its loading online there is also a blank white space before the movie loads.

any way to change color without loaders?

the site is
http://www.wbarchitects.com

thanks in advance

White Flash At Launch Of Movie?
OK, though this might seem dumb how do you get rid of the white flash that occurs just before a flash movie begins to load?
Thanks Rk

White Background In Flash Movie
Hello,

i have a 5kb flash movie and i inserted in an HTML page.
To do this i used dreamwever to insert the .swf file.

I uploaded the files to the server and everything works fine.

However for a few moments, the place where the .swf file is in the HTML file is white instead of black which is the background color of the movie.

It seems the place where the .swf file is, is white until the .swf is loaded. Can somebody explain to me how to avoid this?

Thanks,
Miguel

White Flash...before Pre-load

This might possibly be an old question. Right before the swf starts to load there is a white flash no matter what the BG color. Is there a way to change this?thanks