questions about loading procedure

[raoul]

Hi,

I tested the loading procedure of my movie with "Show Streaming".

I found something that never happened before. The major contents of the movie starts from frame 8. The first 7 frames is just to control the loading procedure. the preloader takes about 25k.

The total size of the movie is about 130k.

The streaming and the size report show that frame 1 has a total of 57000 bytes. This frame is empty!?

I also found that some fonts that are included take quite some size. Are the fonts maybe representing the size for frame 1?

I changed all text fields for one specific font into a standard font but this font is still showing up in the size report and the streaming doesn't improve?

How come the specific font is still reported, I am certain it is not used anymore! And how can I get this fixed

Hope somone can clear up some things for me,

Thanks,
raoul

[PlayingKarrde]

I'm assuming you have embedded some fonts into your dynamic/input boxes. It is most likely that this initial file size is down to your fonts. It's very possible that you have a text box somewhere with the embed fonts checked but are not aware of it.

If you embed fonts like Arial then your file size will increase dramatically as there are so many characters. Perhaps try and only load the ones you need rather than the entire font outline. For instance you may not need capitals, or numbers so uncheck these. You will gain a lot from this. If you keep your embedded fonts consistent also you can save a lot on file size.

[raoul]

Thanks,

I am pretty sure the specific font is not used anymore as it was only applied to 2 textboxes which are changed now.

I am thinking of rebuilding the whole movie to a new movie step by step by copying each mc and see where the problem rises.

raoul