One thing you may want to look into is a program like web speed simulator.
http://www.xat.com/wo/index.html
I use it to test preloaders all the time and it works great allowing you to
test locally as if it were uploaded. And you can test at different connection
speeds.
Ryan
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Andy Johnston
Sent: Mon 3/20/2006 4:31 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Cc:
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] preloader, again (ugh)
G'Day Edward,
Heres my code for a preloader. I use the movieClipLoader for good call
backs and now onEnterFrame functions (sooo flash 5 ;))
var mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var loadingListener:Object = new Object();
mcl.addListener(loadingListener);
var target_mc = this.createEmptyMovieClip(loadClipInstance,
loadClipDepth);
loadingListener.onLoadStart = function(target:MovieClip) {
// starting load
};
loadingListener.onLoadProgress = function(target:MovieClip,
loadedBytes:Number, totalBytes:Number) {
progressBar._xscale = (loadedBytes/totalBytes)*100;
};
loadingListener.onLoadInit = function(target:MovieClip) {
// stuff is loaded
};
mcl.loadClip(loadClipPath, target_mc);
you can only test preloaders on a live website.. testing locally or
within flash will not work, so upload your stuff to a server and test it
out.
cheers
andy
>So you guys tell me that a single frame, single file site with a
preloader 100% dynamic is pretty much impossible, ok i accept that. here is my
external preloader, any ideas ... site loads, no progress appearance at all.
>
>// begin code
>// -------------------------
>// text formats section
>var format1_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
>with (format1_fmt) {
> color = 0xFFFFFF;
> font = "swfitslim99";
> size = 8;
>};
>// -------------------------
>function preloader() {
> // create movieclip to load swf in
> _root.createEmptyMovieClip("target_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth() );
> _root.target_mc.loadMovie("site.swf");
> // draw preloader
> _root.createEmptyMovieClip("preloader_mc",
_root.getNextHighestDepth() );
> _root.preloader_mc.createTextField("preloader_txt",
_root.getNextHighestDepth, 0, 0, 200, 20);
> with (_root.preloader_mc.preloader_txt) {
> embedFonts = true;
> selectable = false;
> setNewTextFormat(format1_fmt);
> text = "LOADING SITE: 00"
> };
> _root.preloader_mc._x = (Stage.width/2) -
(_root.preloader_mc.preloader_txt._width/2);
> _root.preloader_mc._y = (Stage.height/2) -
(_root.preloader_mc.preloader_txt._height/2);
> // ---------
> // preload
> _root.onEnterFrame = function() {
> tBytes = _root.target_mc.getBytesTotal();
> bLoaded = _root.target_mc.getBytesLoaded();
> percent = Math.round((bLoaded/tBytes)*100);
> if (bLoaded < tBytes) {
> _root.preloader_mc.preloader_txt.text = "loading site: " + percent;
> } else {
> trace("completed loading!");
> _root.preloader_mc.removeMovieClip();
> _root.preloader_mc.preloader_txt.removeTextField();
> delete this.onEnterFrame;
> };
> };
>};
>// -------------------------
>preloader();
>// -------------------------
>
>// http://www.murderdesign.com/preloader.swf
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