Well, presuming you're speaking of on-line delivery, you're kind of at the mercy of the browser on that one, as most browsers have a physicial limit of 4 simultaneous connections (download streams), though I think some versions on the Mac allow up to 7, such that any quantity of files greater than that will simply have to wait their turns. The problem therein is that the sum of all file sizes is not known until the last file has loaded enough that the byte values can be retrieved, so that means that some files have to load in their entirety before the sizes of others are even known.
One way around that is to use a server-side script to feed the filesizes of all files to be loaded to Flash in advance of the first file load, such that the progress bar can be "constructed", in advance, to measure the progress properly. But then again, if you do that, there's really no need to load files quasi-simultaneously -- you can then simply load sequentially. -- Byron "Barn" Canfield > Has anyone been able to preload multiple swfs concurrently and keep > track of progress globally rather than for individual files? > > We can do it sequentially, but that ain't pretty for the user when they > have to endure 12 serial progress bars. > > TIA, > > Randy Tinfow > IMAGE PLANT _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
