FLASH: if frame not loaded - not working?

[Jonathan Mao]

Hi,


Sorry for the "newbieness". I wish the manuals were more detailed and 

didn't rely on people using the online help.


I wanted to be able to play a "please wait" message whilst the movie 

loaded. The aim being to avoid user frustration whilst waiting and 

the "jerkiness" as the frames load not to mention the jagged type.


Please visit http://preview.tcp.net.au/sparkbc/


I followed the example at 

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/wait_for_frame01. 

htm I wasn't able to follow it to the letter because step 2 in the 

example appears to override settings in step 1. Unless there's a step 

they're assuming the author is aware of an aren't specifying it in 

the example.


It supposed to loop the first 30 frames in scene 1 until frame 93 in 

scene 2 is loaded. Once played through it should skip the first 30 

frames and loop through scene 1 frame 32 to scene 2 frame 93.


1. It appears to behave as if the action frame isn't there. In other 

words, it just goes ahead and starts playing the movie before the 

whole thing is loaded. So there's a big pause halfway through. 

Although once loaded, it doesn't play the first few frames (as I 

want).


2. I'm not getting consistent display or sound across browsers. No 

answer expected here. I'm going to specify a minimal browser and 

version.


Many thanks in advance. Unfortunately, it's now 6:05pm in Australia, 

Macromedia tech support is closed. The USA is also closed for the 

day. I'm going to try to call England next.


Cheers,

Jonno


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