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I was also wondering what applications you guys use to help with flash... i.e. photoshop, mpeg apps, etc.. Do you pros use photoshop or fireworks for your image editing.

I made a movie clip of a simple mask job and when I preview the MC in the library menu it works great but as soon as I put the clip on stage and test the movie... it just shows the bar from the mask....

it's just the old one, tweaked to treylock specifications

oldnewbie, what would you recommend I change the script to then? The newest one seems to work fine for me

Thanks again guys

http://home.comcast.net/~a.condrea/please.html

HALLELUJAH.... you know how much sleep I've lost over this dumb little technicality? Funny thing is... it's not even for my site, it's for my...

maybe it's cuz you guys used html...

http://home.comcast.net/~a.condrea/final.swf

I made all the changes you said and it still doesn't work...

loadedbytes=getBytesLoaded();
totalbytes=getBytesTotal();
loadedkbytes=Math.ceil...

btw, I have flash MX and my publish settings are:

Under Formats Tab:
I have flash and html checked.

Under Flash Tab:
Version: Flash Player 6
Load Order: Top Down
Options: Compress Movie...

old newbie, did you just publish mine or tweak it?

then what the heck is with my publish settings... I really haven't even touched em

and old newbie, the whole:
frame = int(loadedbytes/(totalbytes/100));
tellTarget (_root.loader) {
gotoAndStop (_root.frame);
}
is about the only thing I like about the whole script because it...

so you got the preloader to display?

http://home.comcast.net/~a.condrea/debug.fla

Here's the FLA without movies. I also wanted to say thanks a lot for the help.

:edit: *note* the debug .fla doesn't have the ifbyteloaded ==...

http://home.comcast.net/~a.condrea/debug.swf

I took the line you requested out and put the _root. command in. Im workin on uploading the stripped down .fla (without vids)

I haven't seen a better one that's actually worked the way I wanted it. I have a movie of a logo in black/white that fills with color to the percentage. All the other preloader scripts I've seen just...

Preload scene is on top. When I do the test and show streaming... it works seamlessly

for the preloader scene, the bar MC persists through scene 3. How do I make sure that the preloader scene loads first? I have the "preloader" scene on top of the "main" scene and in the publish...

the url for the progress on the .swf so far is:
http://home.comcast.net/~a.condrea/preloader.swf

Thanks but it still doesn't work. I'll attach the action script Im using and see if it helps.

Scene One, Frame One:
My preloader bar movie (just a simple mask job)

Scene One, Frame Two: ...

Tried it and it stil doesn't work. Could it be something with the html? Do I have to do anything special when I put flash up in the web page to make it show the preloader before everything else is...

hey,
I have created a flash movie with a preloader scene and a main movie scene. Everything seems to be in order when I go through debugging it at 56k but when I posted the .swf on the internet,...