sound object preloading

[sidrao]

ok - i have an swf with a sound object (loop) that loads and plays called sound.swf. now i've heard that the best way to play this is keep it in an external swf and load it into your movie cos the sound object loads befor ethe first frame of the movie.

ok, so ive done that, but the sound doesnt play once its loaded into the movie clip. the sound.swf plays on its own, but doesnt when loaded into the main clip. is it something to do with the referencing?

this is driving me mad. any tutorials specifically on sound object preloading?

sid

[NerdInside]

yourSoundName = newSound(this);

Assuming you are using a new Sound(); script you need to add "this" (without "") to the in between the ()'s.

[brajeshwar]

Hi Sidrao,

Try something like,
As usual give the linkage for export to as many
sound (or just one for that matter) and create a function
------------------------------
//A FUNCTION ON YOUR FLASH DOCUMENT WHERE YOU
//HAVE YOUR SOUND FILES
function mysound(idname){
mysoundobj=new Sound(this);
mysoundobj.attachSound(idname);
mysoundobj.start(0,999);
}
---------------------------------

//THE ABOVE FUNCTION IS CALLED
//FROM ANYWHERE ONCE IT IS PRELOADED
mysound("idname");