FLASH: 3 questions

[T1]

hello all,


please help me out w/ a few questions...


my client is requiring that I use a non-system font, and currently I'm

loading each bit of content as a separate MC.  my question is, would it be

better(smaller) for me to create all the content variations as MC's in the

base timeline library and set their visibility to 0, as opposed to loading

them as needed?  my concern is if each movie has to save the fonts it may be

more efficient on filesize to keep each content movie in the main timeline

and only have 1 reference to the font.


also.....


is there a way to set priority on the loading of a MC... I have 5 MC's

loading at once and it seems as if I must wait until they all load in before

my button actions (which load additional MC's ) work correctly..  I'd like

to trap a button event that pauses the loading of the background MC and

loads the appropriate content MC for that button, then resumes the loading

of the background MC.. is this yet possible in Flash via: FS, 3rd party, or

any  other known method?


and while I've got your attention


can I save an swf object at runtime, w/ or w/o Generator?.. like a

paintbrush program that remembers the users picture upon subsequent

visits... and NOT choosing from a set of known components w/ associated

ID's..  but dynamic content, saved on the fly?  additionally, is their a

vector format definition language for Flash  that can represent all

vectorized images in a text format or one coming soon?



TIA


Tony







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