>> I don't get how the pre-loader plays before the
movie is loaded. I have
>> tried
to import my site as a swf into another preloader project and
it doesn't
have
the same functionality.
If you do it the right way, the preloader movie, and your
content movie are
two separate swf's. The preloader is small - containing maybe
a bar that
animates, and some text - as well as an empty movie clip to
load your
content into. You use the MovieClipLoader class to load your
content into
the empty movie clip - as it's loading you get messages from
the loader
class - like onLoadProgress which you can employ to make your
bar move, and
the text change. When you receive the onLoadInit message your
content is
fully downloaded and ready and you can then tell it to play.
If your content doesn't work as expected when loaded into a
an empty MC you
are likely using _root references - bad idea. As _root is now
your
preloader - not your content. You can fix by doing the right
thing and
removing _root references - or you can do it the easy way and
use
lockroot=true within the content.
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Dave -
Head Developer
http://www.blurredistinction.com
Adobe Community Expert
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