Re: FLASH: going to endFrame: thought I'd sorted it out, but...

[Russell E. Unger]

Hi David...


If you tell the movie, on Frame 3 to "Go To and Play Next Frame" it will go

to frame 4 or the next layer or what have you, and then proceed to play the

rest of the movie (as if it were local) that it just preloaded.


(read on)


>>Frame 1 - Nothing, just label it FirstFrame

>>Frame 2 - If Frame LastFrame (Make "LastFrame" your LABEL for the (duh)

last

>>frame)

>>                    Go To and Play (Wherever you want, outside of this

loop)

>>Frame 3 - Go To and Play "FirstFrame"


Okay, here's my pre-loader tutorial, unpolished and in rough draft format:


Take your existing movie and Insert a new Scene.  Label your Scene �Loader�

(or whatever you choose).  Move the Scene to the top-most position using

drag-and-drop on the upper right-hand side of your Flash window.  Rename the

other Scene �Main Movie�.


Now you�ve got what appears to be a clean movie slate.  Here, you can create

content to your hearts content.  Feel free.  Got it?  Great!  Let�s move on.


Let�s pretend, to make this all easier, that your Main Movie is 100 frames

long.  Select the tab for your Main Movie.  Create a new layer and label it

�Actions�.  There will be nothing in this layer other than blank keyframes

to define key points within the Main Movie.  Select Frame 25 on the

 �Actions� layer.  Hit �F6� to create a keyframe.  Double-click the

keyframe.  Select the tab �Label�.  Label the frame �25%�.  Repeat this at

frame 50, 75 and 100 and label those their respective percentages.


Return to the Loader Scene.  Let�s say that your loader has a �Loading� bar

that shows just how much of the movie has been loaded.  This can be achieved

in as few as XX frames.  Label the first layer �Loading Bar�.  Create a

second layer and label it �Actions.�  (For all intense and purposes, we�ll

pretend you have a loader bar that is 1) empty 2) 25% full 3)  50% full 4)

75% full 5) 100% full)


In frame 1, place your empty loader bar on the Loader Bar Layer.  In frame 2

on the Actions Layer, create a keyframe (f6) and double-click the keyframe.

Select the �Actions� tab.  Select the �+� and select the �If Frame Is

 Loaded�.  Select �Main Movie� as the scene and then choose the label of

�25%�.  Then select the �+� and choose �Go To� and click the �Play� box.

Select Frame and enter �4�.  Select �OK� and close out the Actions window.

In frame 3 on the Actions layer, create a keyframe and double-click the

keyframe.  Select the Actions tab and choose �Go To� and click the �Play�

box.  Select Frame and enter �1�.


Repeat these steps throughout for the rest of the pre-loader sequence.


At each level, if the labeled section from the �Main Movie� is not loaded,

the �Loader� section will loop back until that frame is loaded and then move

forwarded to the next section.  Happy PreLoading!


HTH,


Russell E. Unger

ZAX Communications

Multimedia & Internet Design & Development

630.953.9320  :tel

630.223.6916  :vm/pgr

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