Hi, Like most flex apps, mine has a preloader that displays the progress of the application loading. But unlike most apps, it has dependencies on outside webservices that need to load as well before anything can happen. I use remoteobject to load these dependencies and so require that the framework is loaded before invoking them... right?
I would like the visual experience to be such that only one loading process occurs - something along the lines of ending the preloading portion at 90% (rather than 100%), then once the framework is loaded, invoke the webservices and have the preloader continue from 90% to 100%. What is the best/cleanest way to go about this? I don't think I can get a reference to the preloader object once the app has loaded - can I? So does that mean I should instantiate a new preloader that starts at 90% to create the illusion that it is continuing? Is this possible without any visual hiccups, flashes or glitches? If so, what class should the preloader object be? Right now it extends Sprite but if i try to use that once the app has loaded it rightly complains that it is not a UI component. Lotta stuff in there, thanks for reading it!? Cheers, Baz
