Wow the preloader is the hardest part......

[Reaper_Boy2010]

Ok i have been making a website and i need to put a preloader in that loads my website. I have downloaded 3 different preloader and replaced the pic that they had in with my own and when i do that it either no longer works or it has a white screen until about 50% then it does work! WTH is going on??????

[gukinator]

this should work (see attachments)

[r3h0ld3r]

said the file was wrong file type

[gukinator]

oops, i can only save as cs3, heres the code

function preload(){
    var c = this.createEmptyMovieClip('ctrl',1);

    c.onEnterFrame = function() {
        if(_root.getBytesLoaded() >= _root.getBytesTotal() && _root.getBytesLoaded() > 4) {
            delete this.onEnterFrame;
            this._parent.gotoAndStop(2);
            this.removeMovieClip();
        } else {
            var pr = Math.round((100/_root.getBytesTotal())*_root.getBytesLoaded());
            loading_bar._xscale = pr;
            loading_txt.text = 'LOADING ' + pr + '%';
        }                
    }
}
this.preload();
stop(); 

make an mc with an instance name of loading_bar, and a text box with an instance of loading_txt on the first frame
it should work, it does for me

oh wait, did you unarchive the file? its compressed, hence the .fla.zip

[r3h0ld3r]

yea I unarchived it and I tried opening the flash file and got that message...weird.

[rynoe]

That is becuase you have an older version of flash

[r3h0ld3r]

hm...ok I guess. I've got cs3 and I've never touched cs4

[rynoe]

The file type attached is CS4 or a mac version or something.

But the code works just fine, just tried it.