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Subject:	Re: FLASH: Flash loading problems (begging on my knees now)
From:	Byron Canfield
Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 1999 19:57:46 GMT

You just need to arrange the sequence of events so that the buttons are not
active until both possible target frames are loaded. This involves the use
of a
"preloader".

Erica: Can you supply the tech note number about this?

At 12:20 PM 1/28/99 -0700, you wrote:
>
> My flash movie/test is running funny while it's still loading and I could
> use any advice or direction that you experts might offer me.� To put it
> bluntly... I'm dying over here, hehe.�� I'd just blow on past this problem
> for now but I'm at a point that I really need to get this settled before I
> go on.
>
> Here is the situation....
>
> Click to the URL and the movie starts
> 2 picture buttons come up
> the movie continues to load
> If at THIS point you click the left button it doesn't go to the right spot
> in the movie.� In fact... instead of heading to frame 36 where it's supposed
> to go it proceeds to the next frame (I think 15) and begins running.
>
> My theory...� While Flash preloads the movie it's easily confused.� When the
> link says head on over to frame 36 it doesn't know how to get to frame 36
> yet because it hasn't loaded that far yet.� Soooooo what it does is load the
> farthest frame it's gotten to in the preloading process. (in this case like
> 15 or 16 or so)
>
> If this is true, is there any way around this rather DEVESTATING problem?
> Do I need to cut this baby up into scenes?� I've read John Croteau bag on
> those many times BUT... if it's the only way, then...� Anyway, maybe it's
> just something I can fix in Aftershock... or a setting in Flash.� I don't
> know and any advice or marching orders would be GREATLY appreciated.�� The
> URL is where this mess is located is
> <http://www.websitepartners.com/rapfoto>www.websitepartners.com/rapfoto
>
> about to eat 2 pizza hot pockets,
>
> Al Rosetti
> <http://www.websitepartners.com/>www.websitepartners.com
>
> p.s.
> Thanks for the help on the cut and paste Byron.� If this baby needs to be
> hacked into several different scenes I'm ready, hehe.

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Byron Canfield, Canfield Studios (http://www.byronc.com)
President, Seattle Coreldraw Artists Network (http://www.corelsea.org)

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