brilliant. it works perfectly. thank you for taking the time to help
me out. -- matt.
On 11/21/05, David Rorex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I might do something like: (warning, not tested, but in theory it should work)
>
> var mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
> var listener:Object = new Object();
> listener.counts = {}; // keep track of each individual movieclip's progress
> listener.onLoadProgress = function(mc, loaded, total)
> {
> this.counts[mc] = loaded / total; // store the percent of each
> movieclip's progress
> var n = 0;
> var sum = 0;
> for(var i in this.counts) // loop through all the progresses, and
> count them & sum them
> {
> n++;
> sum+=this.counts[i];
> }
> var pcnt = sum / n; // find the average % complete
> trace("Overall percentage: "+Math.round(pcnt * 100)+"%");
> }
> mcl.addListener(listener);
> mcl.loadClip(url1, target1);
> mcl.loadClip(url2, target2);
> mcl.loadClip(url3, target3);
>
>
> -David R
>
> On 11/21/05, Matt Ganz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > hi dave. thanks for your response. i understand the problem. but i am
> > now resetting currentWeight to 0 directly after i test what percentage
> > i'm at and i'm still getting skewed values:
> >
> > here is my code:
> >
> > mclListener.onLoadProgress = function( targetMC, loadedBytes, totalBytes )
> > {
> >
> > currentWeight += loadedBytes;
> > var currentPercentage = Math.floor( ( currentWeight /
> > totalWeight ) * 100 );
> >
> > if( currentPercentage % 10 == 0 )
> > {
> > trace( "another 10% completed" );
> > }
> >
> > switch( String( currentPercentage ) )
> > {
> > case "10" :
> > trace( "10% has loaded..." );
> > break;
> > case "20" :
> > trace( "20% has loaded..." );
> > break;
> > // etc...etc....);
> > }
> > currentWeight = 0;
> > };
> >
> > when i test each external swf individually, i still get skewed
> > results, for example:
> >
> > swf1 = 312KB = 316,020 bytes // the trace value is 353,483
> > // NOW ADD
> > swf2 987K = 1330176 byets // the trace value is 1079498
> > // THEN ADD THIS
> > swf3 2.6MB = 4056473 bytes// the trace value is 2819958
> >
> > i just can't seem to get this right. is there a better way i can approach
> > this?
> >
> > thanks again for your help. -- matt.
> > On 11/18/05, David Rorex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On 11/18/05, Matt Ganz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > hi.
> > > >
> > > > i'm using the MovieClipLoader class to load a few swfs that are
> > > > defined in an array a la:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > var totalWeight = 41079759; // total weight in bytes (3.9MB)
> > > > var currentWeight = 0;
> > > >
> > > > var mainArray:Array = new Array( { path: "movie1.swf", id:
> > > > "movie1_mc", depth: 1 },
> > > >
> > > > { path: "movie2.swf", id: "movie2_mc", depth: 2 },
> > > >
> > > > { path: "movie3.swf", id: "movie3_mc", depth: 3 });
> > > >
> > > > for( i:Number=0; i<mainArray.length; i++ )
> > > > {
> > > > _root.loadClip( mainArray[i].path,
> > > > this.createEmptyMovieClip(
> > > > mainArray[i].id, mainSwfArray[i].depth ) );
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > what i want to do is read how much is loaded of the total weight ( the
> > > > sum of all swfs ) and target my preloader for every 10%. i assume the
> > > > best place to read the loaded bytes is in the onLoadProgress handler
> > > > for MCL, a la:
> > > >
> > > > mainMclListener.onLoadProgress = function( targetMC, loadedBytes,
> > > > totalBytes )
> > > > {
> > > > currentWeight += loadedBytes;
> > > > var currentPercentage = Math.floor( ( loadedBytes / totalWeight
> > > > ) * 100 );
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > the 3 swfs weight approximately 3.9 megabytes but when i trace out the
> > > > value of "currentWeight", i get this value:
> > > >
> > > > 407,970,619.....but this equals 389 megabytes, not 3.9. what am i
> > > > doing wrong here?
> > > >
> > > > thanks for any tips. -- matt.
> > >
> > > It's because you are continuously adding to 'currentWeight', and never
> > > resetting it to 0.
> > >
> > > For example, in the case of loading just one file:
> > >
> > > if my file was 1000 bytes, and the load progress was:
> > > 200 bytes finished...
> > > 300 bytes finished..
> > > 500 bytes finished...
> > > 700 bytes finished...
> > > 1000 bytes finished...all done!
> > >
> > > then obviously, just adding those numbers together would be incorrect,
> > > it would give me 2700, which means nothing.
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