Why doesn't my external preloader work in MX 2004 (look at code0???¿¿¿

[montara1]

-----------This code is on the empty MC container.

onClipEvent (load) {
loading = true;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (loading) {
if (this.getBytesTotal()>_root.baseSize) {
percent = this.getBytesLoaded()/this.getBytesTotal()*100;
trace (percent);
_root.loadingBar.bar._xscale = percent;
if (percent == 100) {
loading = false;
_root.loadingBar._visible = false;
this.nextFrame();
}
}
}
}


--------------this is the code on the button

on (press) {
container.loadMovie("flash.swf");
_root.loadingBar.bar._xscale = 0;
_root.loadingBar._visible = true;
}

------------this is the code on the load bar

onClipEvent (load) {
this._xscale = 0;
}

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here is a link to my file

link

Thanks, Montara

[gparis]

if (this.getBytesTotal()>_root.baseSize) {//etc..

_root.baseSize being also Total, what about getBytesLoaded() ?

gparis

[montara1]

I don't know what you mean. What about getBytesLoaded()?

[gparis]

You have on _root:
baseSize = container.getBytesTotal();

Then on 'container':
if (this.getBytesTotal()>_root.baseSize) {//etc..

So your conditional on 'container' is basically saying:
if (this.getBytesTotal()>this.getBytesTotal()) {//etc..

see now?

gparis

[montara1]

I see! not good. So why did this script work in Flash 5?

I'm lost? I don't know how to make this work for me. I don't see why this doesn't work! It would be great to know how to make this preloader work but I seem to be missing something is it because I haven't used flash since flash 5 and I just bought MX 2004?

[montara1]

any suggestion would be great.