Re: I have no idea

[John Croteau]

Hi David,

 

> I have seen several flash sites that show a small animation as the rest of the movie loads.  This small animation may also include something that tells you what %age has loaded.  Gabo and E3 are the two examples I can think of right now - although I think there is a sample at MM that does this too.


This is one of the uses of Wait-for-Frame or the 'If Frame is Loaded'

Action in Flash 3. These actions are created using a loop with the

Wait-for-frame as ythe exit based on a 'If frame is Loaded' frame. 

Goto the http://www.FlashCentral.com/tech/ and look unnder

Optimization...... there is now a sub-category Wait-for-Frame.


What's more important than the small animations you can detect, are the

ones that are cleverly blended, so the normal visitor has no idea that

he was waiting. Preferably your movie should be set-up to stream and a

Wait-for-frame loop is added to compensate for slower than normal web

conditions.



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