Re: FLASH: preloader question

[John Croteau]

Hi Sarah,


> I have a question about a preloading movie -

> If my interactive web page is primarily made of different movie clips

> and tell targets, so much so that the actual stage only has 2 frames on

> it, is there a way for a preloader movie to go until the entire site is

> loaded? I mean, the way I had done it for animations before was the

> regular If frame is Loaded thing. But with this, I only can set it for

> If frame is Loaded (frame 2) and that doesn't really do me any good.

If using Flash 4 check out the Preloader Plug and Play. It uses one

frame and is an easy way to add precontent.


If exporting to Flash 3 then you need at least 2 frames at the beginning

for the preloader loop (If Frame is Loaded). Move everything one or two

frames to the right and add your preloader.


As Marc sais a movie clip needs to fully load before it will play so it

is actually a preloader of sorts by itself since anything placed in the

previous frame will display and wait until everything it the next frame

is loaded.

Sometimes it is better to have the first section content on the main

timeline to improve streaming but this is very much a site by site type

of call since there would be many factors to consider.


-- 

Coming Soon    Flash 4 Web Animation F/X and Design

  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1576105555/flashcentral

-----------                               -----------------------

John Croteau

croteauerols [dot] com (mailto:croteauerols [dot] com)

-------------                             -------------------------

FlashTek  (Advanced Websites with Flash) http://www.FlashTek.com/

Flash Bible (Fast track to good Flash)  http://www.FlashBible.com/

Flash Central(The Universe Starts Here) http://www.FlashCentral.com/

The Flash Tech Resource (Tech Notes)   http://www.FlashCentral.com/tech/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



flasher is generously supported by...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Streaming Media WEST '99 Conference & Exhibition

"The Worlds largest Internet Audio & Video Event"

December 7 - 9, San Jose Convention Center, California


Reserve your space today at http://www.streamingmedia.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To unsubscribe or change your list settings go to

http://www.chinwag.com/flasher or email

helpchinwag [dot] com