Re: FLASH: Problem with endless preloading loop

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

Paul,


I could not easily find the source code you're using for this. But that's 

where I'd look first.


At 05:58 AM 2/11/00 , you wrote:


>I'm having a problem with a preloader sequence.  It seems that on *some*

>Win98 and WinNT platforms (mix of browsers) the preload sequence continues

>to loop, even after the whole movie has loaded.  I can't duplicate this

>problem on any box I have access to- but I've gotten feedback on it from

>enough people to know it's a real problem.

>

>Here's what I've tried.

>

>I initially created a simple if/then:

>

>If (_framesloaded=total_frames)

>       Go to Next Frame

>Else

>       Go to and Play (2)

>End If

>

>Getting feedback that some people were experiencing an endless loop on

>preload, I added a variable, incremented it on each loop, (in an attempt to

>limit the loading sequence loop to five times) and changed the framesloaded

>logic to a "hard number":

>

>Set Variable: "timeslooped" = timeslooped + 1

>If (timeslooped>4)

>       Go to Next Frame

>End If

>If (_framesloaded<25)

>       Go to and Play (2)

>End If

>

>

>Still getting reports of problems.  Any ideas?

>

>The site in question is: http://www.retake.com

>

>tia,



Marc Hoffman


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