I have a drag and drop exercise in an html page. When the
exercise is complete, the swf calls a function in a .js file to
write a completion cookie and activate the next button. When the
user returns to the course or page, the exercise is shown as
complete if the cookie is still there. This works 90% of the time.
Sometimes, the exercise starts on frame 1 instead of going to the
completion frame.
The next button in the html page is active, because the html
page can now read the same cookie the swf set. If the user goes to
page 11 and then back to page 10, the flash exercise will now show
as complete.
I don't know if this is a Flash problem or a cache problem,
or what. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
are you ensuring your swf has completely downloaded before directing the timeline beyond its first frame?
No, it does not wait. I haven't used Flash since 2003 and am now getting back into it so I am not too familiar with the new functionality. Are you speaking of a preloader routine or is there a function I could use?