FLASH: percentage loader

[lasse]

Hey there flashers..


now ive tried them all i think... i just tried this example to make a 

percentage loader...that should aniomate from frame to frame with a goto 

and play frame action but it just skips ahead without animating and sticks 

at 80%...i can�t get it..what am i doing wrong..i made it just as the text 

describes..


Creating a Loading Bar

         Create an MC symbol of your bar filling up. Divide the animation 

into sections -

         for example the bar going from 0% full to 25%, then 25% to 50%. 

Put a stop

         action at the end of each animated section, you can also label the 

starting frame

         of each section. At the end of the final animation, ie when the 

loading bar has

         filled up to 100% you can send a command back to the main timeline 

to move

         onto the main section of the movie:


         Tell Target

               _Level0

         Goto Frame and Play

               Frame No (or use labels)


         Drop the bar MC into the loading animation section of the main 

timeline, name

         the instance, and create an 'If Frame is Loaded' Loop as detailed 

above, except

         we can add one check for each point of the bar's growth, and if 

the check is

         succesful we can use the 'Tell Target' command to play the 

relevant labelled

         portion of the MC:


         If Frame Is Loaded

            Main Timeline, Frame X

         Tell Target

            Loading Bar MC

               Goto and Play

                  25%-50% animation label

         End Tell Target


         If Frame Is Loaded

            Main Timeline, Frame 2X

         Tell Target

            Loading Bar MC

               Goto and Play

                  50%-75% animation label

         End Tell Target


         etc


         Once the final 'If Frame is Loaded' check is satisfied, the MC 

will play the final

         animation before returning the command to the main timeline to go 

to the main

         section of the movie.


sorry for all the text....

can anyone help me please...im about to loose my mind over such a small 

thing...im stuck!!!


regs Lasse



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