Lol, it was in one of the handful of chapters I haven't read. But I did check the book index, looking for "custom" and "preloader", and I didn't find any references.
The example in your book required using Flash. I was looking for a preloader that's reliant on only an Actionscript class, i.e,. no Flash SWC or SWF files, simply because I'm not well-versed in it. :) I was hoping to find a sample that demonstrated a progress bar being created/instantiated as well as a demonstration of a background image being loaded in the preloader class' constructor function, but I simply could not find any. Is what I'm looking for even possible, i.e., creating a custom preloader SOLELY from an Actionscript class and that would load a background image and utilize a progress bar? It would help immensely to get an answer to this question so I can decide whether or not to end my search. Any further feedback would be greatly appreciated. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Steven Webster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Flex has been out for a while now, and I wonder why there's > > only one book out (by Stephen Webster and Alistair McLeod), > > and it doesn't even discuss preloaders. > > Apart from pages 648 - 650 ? :-) > > > somebody please be kind enough to alleviate my frustration on > > this by providing me a simple code snippet? > > "...we created a simple Flash component with some static heading > text, a horizontal bar to act as our progress bar, and a piece of > dynamic text for some textual update for the user. We exported > this as preloader.swc. This component and the source preloader.fla > can be downloaded on the website accompanying this book." (p648). > > The source is in the directory: > > flexbook/Chapters22-25/flex > > ...in the "All Source" zip file at http://flexbook.iterationtwo.com/ > > Hope that helps, > > Steven > > -- > Steven Webster > Technical Director > iteration::two Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
