Re: [flasher] Extreme preload! FAST HELP NEEDED!!!

[Ofir A.]

ok, i am not a flash god. i am not even an angel (regarding your question),

but goes my try:


the movieclip.getBytesTotal(), and getBytesLoaded(), can help you in this

case i think. here is the description from the manual:

getbytestotal() - Method; returns the size, in bytes, of the specified Movie

Clip object. For movie clips that are external, (the root movie or a movie

clip that is being loaded into a target or a level) the return value is the

size of the SWF file.



there is another way you can use - you can make a preloader inside the

external swfs: so it would be like -

preloading main - 60k... please wait...

preloading graphics - 400k... please wait...



but i think the getbytesloaded is the most appropriate method to use here.


hope I helped


ofir



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Subject: [flasher] Extreme preload! FAST HELP NEEDED!!!



> Hi everyone!

>

> Unfortunately noone answered my desperate question, now I ask again for I

need a fast answer as I have a deadline

> this evening and still not found a solution.

>

> I have three swf-s as parts of a flash game. One of them (let's call is:

main.swf, 60k in size) uses exported symbols from

> the other two. The thing is that main.swf seems to automatically load the

other two swfs, wait for them to download and

> THEN start to run. If I use a preloader in main.swf it shows only the

loading of itself (60k) and then I get a blank screen

> while the other two swfs download.

>

> Now, this is the problem as these other two files accumulating over 400k

in size and users might not wait for them to

> download thinking that something went wrong...

>

> How can I preload the files that I use exported symbols from?

>

> Please help me Gods of Flash! :)

>

> b.

>

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