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Subject: Re: FLASH: BEST WAY TO PRE-LOAD LARGE SITES?
From: David Doggett
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 18:35:29 GMT

Yes, that is the problem exactly....

----- Original Message -----
From: David Giannetto <dgiannettoatJHCohn [dot] com>
To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 2:16 PM
Subject: RE: FLASH: BEST WAY TO PRE-LOAD LARGE SITES?


> sometimes when my movie first starts to play, and it is not totally
loaded,
> when a button is hit the movie will jump to the next part but graphics
> from different parts of the movie will be displayed that shouldn't be.
>
> is that problem caused by the movie not being fully loaded when
> the viewer 'clicks' on the button?
>
> Dave
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media [SMTP:mailatdartfrogmedia [dot] com]
> > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 11:17 AM
> > To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
> > Subject: Re: FLASH: BEST WAY TO PRE-LOAD LARGE SITES?
> >
> > At 07:49 AM 1/14/00 , you wrote:
> >
> > >I am almost done our new flash site and it is about 900K in total size.
> > It
> > >contains a lot of music and narration and I will probably be able to
> > knock
> > >100-200K off later when I optimize the sounds and such but I am now at
> > the
> > >point where I have to make the site pre-loader and I am going to have a
> > >movie that loops containing text and graphics to make it appear that
the
> > >site is loading certain content but what is the best way to do this
when
> > I
> > >have 5 diffent .swf files that I use on different levels?
> > >
> > >Anyone done this before?
> >
> >
> > Hi David,
> >
> > You will find that many Flash developers use this technique.
> >
> > I'd recommend using LoadMovie only if large blocks of content are being
> > requested in random order by the viewer. If it's linear and predictable,
a
> >
> > single movie will give you better loading control and will allow you to
> > share all symbols in one library.
> >
> > I have some info on loading movies on levels, particularly on how to
load
> > them in the background and let the base movie know when they're ready to
> > be
> > made available to the user. You could readily adapt this to make your
> > preloader reflect the loading status of the other movies. See
> > http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/if_frame/.
> > Marc Hoffman
> >
> > Poison Dart Frog Media: Specializing in Flash Animation and Digital
Audio
> > Production
> > Our latest Flash job is on display at
> > <http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/rickfrnd>
> > See our Flash portfolio at <http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/sampler>
> > (featured in Flash 3 Web Animation, by Ken Milburn)
> >
> >
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