FLASH MX Preloader A/Script problem.

[mave_the_rave]

Hi,
Can some one please help.

I have followed a tutorial to make a Preloader.

The movie has 4 layers:- 1. labels.
2. actions.
3. animate.
4. bitmap.

In the labels layer. frame 1 contains label 'preload'
frame 24 contains label 'check'
frame 50 contains label 'moviestart'

In the actions layer. frame 50 contains the script:-
stop();

frame 24 contains the script:-

ifFrameLoaded ("moviestart") {
gotoAndStop("moviestart"); /movie would normally start here/
}
gotoAndPlay("preload");

When I test the movie, and look at the progress using the
Bandwidth Profiler, I can see the movie goes to frame 24 then redirects to frame 1 'preload' label , and then stops.
It does not continue playing.

Any ideas please.

mave_the _rave.
[Edited by mave_the_rave on 06-23-2002 at 10:54 AM]

[oldnewbie]

...
frame 50 contains label 'startmovie'

In the actions layer. frame 50 contains the script:-
stop();

frame 24 contains the script:-

ifFrameLoaded ("moviestart") {
gotoAndStop("moviestart"); /movie would normally start here/
}
gotoAndPlay("preload");
...

You shouldn't be using the ifFrameLoaded action, it's been deprecated since Flash 5, but does anything else strike you in the above? How about the bold stuff?

[mave_the_rave]

thanks old newbie:-

The startmovie/moviestart was a typo. in my orig
post which I have corrected.

can you explain:-
"You shouldn't be using the ifFrameLoaded action, it's been deprecated since Flash 5"

The tutorial was from a book Osbourne The Complete Ref.
Macromedia Flash MX

It said to select ifFrameLoaded from the depreciated
category.

The problem is that the movie goes to frame 1 'preload'
label as directed by the code in frame 24. but then just
stops. There is no code in frame 1 in any of the layers.

This does,nt make any sense...???

[mave_the_rave]

Hi.

PANIC over

I have now used:-

if (_framesloaded >= _totalframes) {
gotoAndPlay ("moviestart");
} else {
gotoAndPlay("preload");
}
This seems to be working.