Re: FLASH: Preloaders and MC's

[Paul Kilgour]

Thanks Karin,


I may understand that a little better in the cold light of day. Now, I'm

going to the bar, I've had enough brain stretching execises today!!


Thanks.


Paul.


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"Everything that can be invented has been invented." -- CHARLES H. DUELL,

COMMISSIONER, U.S. OFFICE OF PATENTS, 1899.


>> Say my movie consists of 10 layers, each containing a single Movie

> Clip. Now

>> I'm going to need a preloader for this. But how's that going to work

> when

>> there's only one frame on each layer? I can't do 'If Frame is

> Loaded' can I?

>

> Yes. Start your movie on frame 3 or 4. Give that frame a label of

> begin or whatever you like.  Put your preloader in frames 1 and 2. Use

> "if frame label "begin" is loaded go to and play (or stop) "begin" in

> frame 1.  Fame 2 has an action "go to and play 1".  I always have a

> blank frame between the preloader and the first frame of the movie.

> No real reason except sometimes it works better and if I decide to put

> something at the beginning of the movie later on I have room for it

> without having to drag all of the frames over.   If you have one mc

> leading to the next mc, you could place each mc in a successive frame

> so you have 10 frames.  Then your movie could begin playing as soon as

> enough information has loaded.

>

> Karin Christensen

> Scientific, Medical and Veterinary Illustration

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