Flash :: Text Preloader

Preloader Text W/ Pie Preloader
i'm using the script that i modified from sbeener's pie preloader.

here's the code i have

Code:
MovieClip.prototype.drawMeter = function(t,l){
var p = l/t;
var r = 16;
var v = [[r,-r],[r,r],[-r,r],[-r,-r]];
var d = Math.ceil(p*4);
var s = this.getProgress(p);
with(this){
clear();
beginFill(0x560000);
lineTo(0,-r);
for(var i=0;i < d;i++){
lineTo(v[i][0],v[i][1]);
}
lineTo(s.x,s.y);
endFill();
// in drawMeter()
if(t == l){
// when loaded actions
_root.nextFrame();
}
}
}

MovieClip.prototype.getProgress = function(p){
var r = 20;
var s = Math.PI + (-p * Math.PI*2);
return({y:Math.cos(s)*r,x:Math.sin(s)*r});
}

MovieClip.prototype.drawCircle = function(r, x, y){
this.moveTo(x+r, y);
this.curveTo(r+x, -0.4142*r+y, 0.7071*r+x, -0.7071*r+y);
this.curveTo(0.4142*r+x, -r+y, x, -r+y);
this.curveTo(-0.4142*r+x, -r+y, -0.7071*r+x, -0.7071*r+y);
this.curveTo(-r+x, -0.4142*r+y, -r+x, y);
this.curveTo(-r+x, 0.4142*r+y, -0.7071*r+x, 0.7071*r+y);
this.curveTo(-0.4142*r+x, r+y, x, r+y);
this.curveTo(0.4142*r+x, r+y, 0.7071*r+x, 0.7071*r+y);
this.curveTo(r+x, 0.4142*r+y, r+x, y);
}

this.createEmptyMovieClip("loader",0);
this.createEmptyMovieClip("mask",1);
this.mask.beginFill(0xfeefff);
this.mask.drawCircle(16,0,0);
this.mask.endFill();
this.loader.setMask(this.mask);

loader.onEnterFrame = function(){
if((i++) < 100){
this.drawMeter(100,i);
}
}
this.preloader_mc.loadedFile.onEnterFrame = "The movie is " + p + "% loaded";
here is my question. the last line of the code defines what the textbox contained inside a clip called preloader_mc with a variable of loadedFile should display the percentage loaded of the file according to the variable p set at the beginning of this code

why doesn't this work?

by the way sbeener, it wasn't working b/c i did miss one of the _roots ... it was acting funny b/c the mask was being put on the _root still so it had nothing to mask since the meter was inside the symbol instance i made. now it works fine though :) well except for the text thing i'm trying to do now :)

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Preloader Text For Dynamic Text?
WHen my dynamic text loads into its box, how can I get rid of the "target" (e.g _root.mc) message and replace it with a "loading..." message? or something like that?

As it looks really ugly and I cant think how to do it?

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I wonder how they did the preloader with text displaying random things when it is loading.

The preloader with text can be found on this site. http://www.mattcannon.com/

Do you know how it is done?

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I wanted to know if I can use an unusual font for my preloader dynamic text or do I have to use a standard one, because when I tested out my movie on another computer, the unusual font didn't appear, times roman appeared.

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Hey

Does anyone have an idea to make a preloader of text or XML data. No need for fancy graphics... only need for the loader of the data.

Can anybody help?

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Anyone know how to change the numeric display (25%) to alpha (twenty-five) in a preloader environment? I'm assuming it's an array, but that has only gotten me so far. Thanks all.

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Preloader, Various % Text
hi,

im sorry if this has been covered somewhere, but i couldnt find the reference.

im trying to make a pre-loader, that based on the percent loaded, displays text.

So at 5% it says "loading" and at 10% "still loading" , etc.

Im guessing there is a way to say
percenttotal=5,
entertext=still loading
target=instancenameoftextbox

please, any help would be great.

I've gotten the loader tutorial on the site here to work, i just want to add this to it.

thank you!

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Preloader Text
I've been using a simple preloader for a while now, and I have a question.

When I use the dynamic text as a percentage to tell the user how far along in percentage the movie has loaded, it always takes a few seconds for the loadbar and text field to show up. The reason for this is because I am embedding the font I'm using into the text field, so everyone can see it. My question is, is there any way to make sure the font can be seen on all computers, without having to embed it into the dynamic text field? Normally this wouldn't be an issue, but since I have to use the font on the first frame of the timeline, it always appears blank for a while, until the font is completely loaded. Now, I'm keeping the embedded font to a minimum on the first frame (I'm only embedding the numerals, and then I'm adding a percent symbol onto the end of that with another text field and breaking that symbol down to a raw vector shape), but it still has to load anywhere between 6-8kb before it will show up. Granted that won't be seen by users with fast internet connections, it is still a problem for those few people who still have 56k connections, and it needs to be able to cater to those users without any problems...

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Preloader: _getBytes Text
I have a preloader... the fonts that are in my file show up just fine and aligned to the nuts.

Now, on other computers, the font shows up as a times new romanish font and juxtaposed. Am I reduced to display the kb's loaded with system fonts only or can I make it show my font?

It looks simply awful... please help...

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Preloader And Buttons For Text-only
I am having a hard time getting my preloader to work. I have to have the flash file first open and say

Flash Version or Text Only Version

From here it goes to the next scene and begins to load the movie. I have a percent loader in this scene and once the movie loads it will go to the next scene and play the movie.

When I look at this in the browser it goes to the next scene after I click Flash version (the scene where the preloader should load). But it stays on the loader so I refreshed thinking it would go to the third scene and play the movie but it doesn't.

Please help!!!

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instead of useing a bar i was to reveal text in my preloader. i tried it and all it did was stretch the text instead of revealing it..

Can u help ??????

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Can anyone post me a good link (or help me out) to a tutorial on scripting a preloader for external text files that Im loading up into a text field as some of the .txt files are fairly text heavy. Im using flash mx.

Regards

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Externa, Text Preloader ... PLEASE Help
Hi Guys,

Ok, here's the deal.

I have a movie that contains a scrolled textfield. The text being an external file.

All of the content being on 1 layer, 1 keyframe.

The problem is that if I use a simple preloader, regardless of what I do I always have to wait an age for the text (quite large file 40k)

All I need to know is the preload code so that once the textfile is loaded in the movie, then the movie can then play and only then.

Thanks to all in advance

NOTE:
The movie I'm using loads into a holder movie, so when I click the button, the movie loads into a holder I've placed on )level0.... Hence you see why I want the whole textfield to load while the LOADING PLEASE WAIT is there.

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Text In A Preloader Not Showing Up On Pc
Has anyone ever experience this?

I have a preloader with a percentage counter.
I test it fine on my mac and pc locally and I can watch the counter count and the ouput window match the counter.

When I upload the file, I check it and the percentage does not show up. The preloader movie shows up, but no percentage counter.

Why would it work perfectly on my local machine, and not on the server??????

Thanks!

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Preloader And Dynamic Text
I want to ask, if there is any way how to have in a preloader, which numericly displays the status of loading the animation, any font.
If there is a text in an animation, which is dynamic and I have font in it, then when after some person is looking at this animation ( but the person doesn't have installed that font in his PC ) , some other different font shows up to the person. Is there some way how to make it?
Thanks for any ideas....

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I Need Some Dynamic Text And Preloader Help
Is it possible to add HTML URLs and Pictures in the .txt file which the dynamic text is linked to?

I also have a question unrelated to dynamic text:
Is it possible to load multiple Flash files during the intial loading?

thanks...

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Three Digits For Text Preloader...
Hi, I have a small question. In my preloader, I would like to have three digits (eg. 001, 002,...035,036,...099,100). How would I go about doing this? Right now my script contains:

code: bytes_loaded = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded());
bytes_total = Math.round(this.getBytesTotal());
Percent_Loaded = bytes_loaded/bytes_total;
this.load_text = Math.round(Percent_Loaded*100);
if (Percent_Loaded >= 1) {
gotoAndPlay(37);
}

TIA

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HOW TO Create A Preloader Just Of Text From 1 To 100%
Hi
I have a splash screen to my site, which is scene1, and in that scene1 I wanted to create a simple preloader to load scene2 (the site) and the preloader is only numbers going from 1 to 100(%) and then changes into an ENTER btn that on(release) goes to Scene2.
Thanks!

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Hi, i'm publishing in version6. I have been looking over preloaders and how they can use getBytes loaded of frames Loaded, but i counldn't find an example that of a percentage loading of a loadVariablesNum variables, can this be accomplished? and by using what method? thanks

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[F8] External Text Preloader?
Hello,

I'm trying to stop a movie clip from moving into view once the text of an external file has been loaded... is there an easy way to achieve this?

(The text is actually a 'swap' from text1.txt to text2.txt, etc which might complicate things?!?)

Is there something as simple as this at all?

PHP Code:

text_total = _root.blog_text_holder.blog_text_box.htmlText.getBytesTotal();
text_loaded = _root.blog_text_holder.blog_text_box.htmlText.getBytesLoaded();
text_percent = Math.round((text_loaded/text_total)*100);
if (text_percent == 100) {
    //move the object
    }

Many thanks for any help in advance!

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[F8] Weired Text In My Preloader
Hello there.

I made my pree-loader and it has a dynamic text field that state the % of how much of the file has loaded.

When the prer-loader first loads onto the screen the text fields says something to the effect of "_level0".
(http://www.epicuriositysf.com/)

why dose it do that and how can I get rid of it?

Thank you

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Dynamic Text Preloader
tried to make this text box to show the progress but when I text my movie no text appears

stop();
var LoadBig:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var oListener:Object = new Object();
LoadBig.addListener(oListener);
oListener.onLoadProgress = function(target_mc:MovieClip, loadedBytes:Number, totalBytes:Number) {
var preProgress:Number = Math.round((loadedBytes / totalBytes) * 100);
tPreload.text = preProgress + "%";
};

oListener.onLoadComplete = function(target_mc:MovieClip) {
_level11._visible = false;

}

LoadBig.loadClip("big.swf", 10);
LoadBig.loadClip("preloader.swf", 11);

the preloader.swf is just the dynamic text box

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How Can I Add A Text Preloader To This Code?
Hi

I've been working on a site where swf's are loaded into main movie with transitions between the sections. I have the following code on the mcContainer...

Code:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (!loaded && this._url != _root._url) {
if (this.getBytesLoaded() == this.getBytesTotal()) {
loaded = true;
_root.transition.gotoAndPlay("opening");
}
}
}
How can I add a text percentage preloader into this code?

I usually use a the following code for preloaders...

Code:
myLoaded = Math.round(getBytesLoaded());
myTotal = Math.round(getBytesTotal());
myPercent = myLoaded/myTotal;
myBar._height = myPercent*97;
myText = Math.round(myPercent*100)+"%";
if (myLoaded == myTotal) {
gotoAndStop("Scene 1", "loaded");
} else {
gotoAndPlay("Scene 1", "preloader");
}
... but I'm not sure where to add the code into the exisiting code, as I'm a beginner at AS.

Any help will be greatly recieved.

Thanks
Wayne

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Preloader UnDynamic Text
Hi there,
I've been having some problems with preloaders. I have checked out various forums, but can't seem to find help on my particular situation.

the pages are currently on http://benjaminjames.ca/test/bj_000.html
when you click on the buttons at the bottom there should be a simple preloader with a dynamic text box that shows the loaded percentage. instead, it reads "_level0.dropZone.myText"

myText is the name of the dynamic text box in the preloader scene

dropZone is the name of an empty mc. there is one swf that has the background image and nav, and all the content is called into the swf.

my thinking is that somehow the dynamic text box is 'too deep' by being called in like that. any ideas? my preloader code is as follows:

myLoaded = Math.round(getBytesLoaded());
myTotal = Math.round(getBytesTotal());
myPercent = myLoaded/myTotal;
myBar._width = myPercent*150;
myText = Math.round(myPercent*100)+"%";
if (myLoaded == myTotal) {
myText = "";
gotoAndPlay("Scene 1", 1);
}else {
gotoAndPlay(1);
}

i am a rookie at AS, go easy on me.

~Arley

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Hi

I've been working on a site where swf's are loaded into main movie with transitions between the sections. I have the following code on the mcContainer...

[CODE]onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (!loaded && this._url != _root._url) {
if (this.getBytesLoaded() == this.getBytesTotal()) {
loaded = true;
_root.transition.gotoAndPlay("opening");
}
}
}
[/CODE]

How can I add a text percentage preloader into this code?

I usually use a the following code for preloaders...
[CODE]myLoaded = Math.round(getBytesLoaded());
myTotal = Math.round(getBytesTotal());
myPercent = myLoaded/myTotal;
myBar._height = myPercent*97;
myText = Math.round(myPercent*100)+"%";
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gotoAndStop("Scene 1", "loaded");
} else {
gotoAndPlay("Scene 1", "preloader");
}
[/CODE]

... but I'm not sure where to add the code into the exisiting code, as I'm a beginner at AS.

Any help will be greatly recieved.

Thanks
Wayne

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the address www.polo-interactive.co.uk
any help graetfully received
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It can take some time to load text and it takes even longer to load image into dynamic text box.

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I've tried this code and it didn't work for me:

Quote:

box = "Loading...";
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}

Thanks

P.S. I'm not talking about ScrollPane, I mean Dynamic Text box with Render text as HTML enabled!

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hi

I'd like to add text precentage to the radial preloader below.

I know a conventional preloader uses this script to show the text % loaded:

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loader_mc.bar_mc._xscale=percentLoaded;
loader_mc.percent=percentLoaded + "% of " + Math.floor(tBytes/1024) + "K loaded";

Any ideas on how to incorporate this into the radial preload below?

Thanx

Dirk

onClipEvent(load)
{
_root.stop();
dO = 3.6;
r = 75;
function addSlice(O)
{
x1 = r*Math.sin(O*Math.PI/180);
x2 = r*Math.sin((O+dO)*Math.PI/180);
y1 = r*Math.cos((O)*Math.PI/180);
y2 = r*Math.cos((O+dO)*Math.PI/180);
trace(x1 + ":" + y1);
with(_root.mask)
{
moveTo(0,0);
beginFill(0x000088);
lineTo(x1,y1);
lineTo(x2,y2);
endFill();
}
}
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("mask",0);
this.setMask(_root.mask);
_root.mask._yscale = -100;
_root.mask._x = this._x;
_root.mask._y = this._y;
oldLoaded = 0;
}
onClipEvent(enterFrame)
{
loaded = Math.ceil(_root.getBytesLoaded()/_root.getBytesTotal()*100);
for(i = oldLoaded; i < loaded; i++)
{
addSlice(dO*i);
}
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Hi,

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note. im gonna embed pixel font.

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Code:
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} else {
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}
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Could anyone help? The full (yet not totally functional) site is at

www.humboldt.edu/~mgk9/template.swf

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can anyone help out?

var mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();

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}

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I've figured out that it must be the text that is loaded instantly, but is there a way around this? Of course I can break apart all the text, but that's not a good solution.

My current "status":
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Attach Code

stop();

this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, loading);

function loading(e:Event):void {
var total:Number = this.stage.loaderInfo.bytesTotal;
var loaded:Number = this.stage.loaderInfo.bytesLoaded;
mcBar.scaleX = loaded/total;
txtLoaded.text = Math.floor((loaded/total)*100)+ "%";
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}
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}
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}
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play();
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