preloader math, dammit....

[mykrob]

as stated earlier... dammit!

Why cant i understand simple math?
can someone debug my script for getting a preloader percentage?

code:

---

all = _root.getBytesTotal();

got = _root.getBytesLoaded();

perc = Math.floor((got/all)*100);

---

that's as simple as it gets, but my percentage aint working....

what have i done wrong? I've done thins a million times over, but it aint clicking tonight...

thanks,
-myk

[oldnewbie]

It should!

But why not use...

percent = Math.floor((_root.getBytesLoaded()/_root.getBytesTotal())*100);

For future reference... This is my 10200th post.

[mykrob]

then maybe i'm screwing up with the progress bar...

code:

---

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {

  this._width = _root.perc;

}

---

this should work too, no?

-myk

[mykrob]

well, for some reason, she's holding steady at 7 percent.. It is two frames.... The progress bar is one keyframe one, with an extra frame on two.. Actions layer has a stop action on frame two.. Is this killing the onClipEvent?

[mykrob]

i exhanged the stop action with an if-then statement, and it works now.. I would like to understnad why it didnt before, though..

-myk

[oldnewbie]

I'm more intrigued by the fact that you'd be using _root.perc while it hasn't been defined that way, in your first script?

[mykrob]

that was defined earlier. The script in my first post is on the main timeline, first frame. It works now, though.

Thanks