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Subject: RE: FLASH: Preload question
From: Gonzalez, Manuel
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 11:38:25 +0100

It's a science......usually a preloader is within a scene. It really
depends on what your doing. If you have a movie clip that will be used

throughout the swf. file and its one of the first items you view, it has to
be preloaded.....If it's something you view once, then I would load it and
park it, and use it when needed.

-----Original Message-----
From: marcia patrice ganeles [mganelesatvisto [dot] com (mailto:mganelesatvisto [dot] com)]
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 5:54 PM
To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
Subject: Re: FLASH: Preload question


so does this mean it is better to load .swf files rather than movie clips or
as
I get more into all this...will that answer be more obvious...when to use
which?

-----Original Message-----
From: Pat tirahatdrizzle [dot] com
Sent: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 17:02:36 -0700 (PDT)
To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
Subject: Re: FLASH: Preload question

On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Flash Casey wrote:
[...]
> Do movie clips have to load completely before they
> show?

Yes, movie clips only play once completely loaded.

> Should my preloader be a scene?

A scene would work, but if your main movie is only 60k,
it doesn't sound like you need a preloader at all. Especially
if it is nearly the same size as the main movie.

Pat


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