Re: FLASH: loading preview

[Chris]

kahyang/kahhui wrote:


> Hi flash experts,

>

> how do i do a loading preview, showing simple animation and

> the status of the download...before the main movie starts....?

> i need to do this urgently..so experts out there please advice

> me, a flash beginner....

>


I learned from the example that comes with flash. When Flash was installed

you should have got a samples folder, in it is a file called 'Actions-Frame

Loaded' ... It helped me create a "fake" loading dialouge box with a

loading bar and animation.


My checks consist of 4 frames


the first is just a labeled frame "loop" lets say  --> [L]


The second is labeled "check" and has an 'if frame loaded' action ...  [C]


if frame is loaded --> frame 60 (as an example)

    go to and play --> label "go"

end if frame is loaded


the third frame is an action ... 'go to and play' --> label "loop" ...

telling it to go back to the frame before your "check" ... this is so it

keeps on checking. --> [A]


the 4th frame is labeled "go" [G]


so it keeps on checking your 2nd frame "check" until that frame actually is

loaded ... then when it finally is [C] will skip over [A] (to pull it out

of the loop) and go to [G] and continue on its way in the timeline.


it should look something like this


[L][C][A][G]


| --------- |  that being your loop that your animation stops on and [G]

being your continuation.


With this I made a loading bar and snails racing with music ....


Cheers


P.S. to test this effect you must test with streaming on and a download

speed to test with.





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