deprecatedAS :'( stuck with preloader script :'( please help...

[eyedea]

Hi everybody,
recently started getting used to MX.... and I am currently working on a site for a friend of mine, still in the early stages but now I got so STUCK :'(

The script I'm used to is:
ifFrameLoaded ("intro", 125) {
gotoAndPlay("intro", 1);
}

And as I am not exactly an AS genius ... -I wish - I couldn't figure out how the script should be written now
I obviously tried to use the old/deprecated one anyway - caused major misfunctions and the preloader didn't show at all

ANY help would be great!!!!!!!

Thanks and happy flashin'
Prisca

[cancerinform]

put this script into the frame before your movie starts.
I am not 100% sure it is correct since I do not have the script by hand right now but it is something like this

loadedBytes = this.getBytesLoaded();
totalBytes = this.getBytestotal();
percentOut = ((loadedBytes/totalBytes)*100);

if (loadedBytes < totalBytes){
   _root.gotoAndPlay("preloader");
}else if (loadedBytes==totalBytes) {
   _root.gotoAndPlay("beginmovie");

mymovieClip._xscale = percentOut;

_xscale is only one example. You can do other things.

[eyedea]

cancerinform, THANKS SO MUCH

Solved my problem straight away!!!! The script was fine, a bracket missing, nothing else... YOU MADE MY DAY!!!!

THANKS AGAIN
Prisca

PS: in case you're curious>> this is what it's for, still work in progress...>>> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/tiscali_folder/eurogigs/

[eyedea]

cancerinform, THANKS SO MUCH

Solved my problem straight away!!!! The script was fine, a bracket missing, nothing else... YOU MADE MY DAY!!!!

THANKS AGAIN
Prisca

PS: in case you're curious>> this is what it's for - I had the main preloader in place but wnated to add "mini preloaders" for the menus (only the 'musicians' button active), still work in progress...>>> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/tiscali_folder/eurogigs/

[cancerinform]

It's a great site. The preloader is not at all dull.