Yet another preloader issue

[jmh722]

My preloader script is supposed to trace the loaded bytes and the total bytes, but it isn't doing it.
What's up? Is it because I am using setInterval?

code:

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var loaded:Number = 0;

var getLoaded:Number = 0;

var delay:Number  = 0;



this.onLoad = function () {

	this.createEmptyMovieClip("holder", 100);

	holder._x = 0;

	holder._y = 0;

	holder._alpha = 0;

	delay = setInterval(preload, 10, this.holder);

}



preload = function(mc) {

	mc.loadMovie("main_stage.swf");

	total = Math.round(mc.getBytesTotal());

	getLoaded = Math.round(mc.getBytesLoaded());

	trace("total = "+getLoaded);

	mc._alpha = 0

	

	if(total< getLoaded) {

		trace("loaded = "+ getLoaded);

	}else{

		trace("total = "+getLoaded);

		trace(mc + " loaded!");

		mc._alpha = 100;

		clearInterval(delay);

	}

		

	

}

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[Dricciotti]

What exactly are you trying to do? Your code is loading the same movie every 10 ms over and over again. If you are trying to make a preloader, put the loadMovie() code outside the preload function and only use setInterval() to check whether or not the movie has been loaded.

[jmh722]

Okay,
I just want to be able to recycle the preloader so that it can load different .swf's on the fly, that's why I put the loadMovie function in the code
Can you give an example of what to do please?

[Dricciotti]

You only want to load a movie once right? So put that code outside of the loop. Something like this:

code:

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var loaded:Number = 0;

var getLoaded:Number = 0;

var delay:Number  = 0;

this.onLoad = function () {

	this.createEmptyMovieClip("holder", 100);

	holder._x = 0;

	holder._y = 0;

	holder._alpha = 0;

        holder.loadMovie("main_stage.swf");

	delay = setInterval(preload, 10, this.holder);

}



preload = function(mc) {

	

	total = Math.round(mc.getBytesTotal());

	getLoaded = Math.round(mc.getBytesLoaded());

	trace("total = "+getLoaded);

	mc._alpha = 0

	if(total< getLoaded) {

		trace("loaded = "+ getLoaded);

	}else{

		trace("total = "+getLoaded);

		trace(mc + " loaded!");

		mc._alpha = 100;

		clearInterval(delay);

	}

}

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[jmh722]

Thanks, for that.
My problem though is that I can't get the code to trace the bytes loaded when I simulate a download. Ultimately, I want this to be used in a percentage bar.