Re: FLASH: RE:FLASH Preloader

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 01:12 PM 5/26/2000 , you wrote:


>Is there a good way to script a preloader so that before each segment

>progresses forward it has to complete the movie clip that it is currently

>playing?  We have a preloader in which at each stage (25%, 50% etc...) a

>movie clip plays with a message.  We want to make sure that this clip plays

>even if the person who is viewing is on a fast connection and doesn't need

>to wait time  (The size of the file is only around 180K).  Is there a way to

>verify that the clip is complete before moving on?


Put a Stop action in the main timeline frame where the movie clip occurs. 

In the last frame of the movie clip, make the main timeline proceed with 

this script:


TellTarget (target: /)

         Play

End TellTarget


Marc Hoffman


Poison Dart Frog Media

Flash portfolio: http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/portfolio



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