browser compatibility issue

Hi

I've been using the code below to load pictures, then play the movie once the image is fully uploaded. It works fine in IE, but not in Firefox? Firefox starts to play the movie before the image is loaded. Can anyone please advise?
Thanks,
Mike
(ps - I'm not an expert on actionscript, so please try to make it simple)


stop();
onEnterFrame = function() {
startLoading("images/photo1.jpg");
};
function startLoading(whichimage) {
loadMovie(whichimage, this.imageLoader);
onEnterFrame = function() {
infoLoaded = this.imageLoader.getBytesLoaded();
infoTotal = this.imageLoader.getBytesTotal();
percentage = Math.floor(infoLoaded/infoTotal*100);
if(percentage>=100) {
this.play();
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
};
}

try this:

PHP Code:

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startLoading("images/photo1.jpg");

function startLoading(whichimage) {
    loadMovie(whichimage, this.imageLoader);
    onEnterFrame = function () {
        infoLoaded = this.imageLoader.getBytesLoaded();
        infoTotal = this.imageLoader.getBytesTotal();
        percentage = Math.floor(infoLoaded/infoTotal*100);
        if (percentage>=100 && infoTotal != 0) {
            this.play();
            delete this.onEnterFrame;
        }
    };
} 


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I have no idea how the code you posted was working at all... you had the function call (startLoading) in an onEnterFrame which should have made your preloader go in to an infinite loop as it's trying to load the image many times a second, makes no sense. I removed that and added && infoTotal != 0 to your if statement.

Here's why I added that - say the user is on a very slow connection. startLoading is ran but before the image has began downloading the infoLoaded variable would return '0' for filesize until it knows how big it is which would mean percentage would equal 100% as 0/0 * 100 = 100. So it basically just ensures that the preloader won't be ignored.. Nice for bad connections and just maybe it will fix your issue!

good luck!

Thanks for your help - it seems to have done the trick!

Regards

Mike