ActionScript 2.0 :: External Musings On The Subjects Of Preloading,xml And Databases ?
Mar 4, 2004
I've been doing a lot of portfolio work (ie lots of photos) and just started incorperating xml databases. does http:[url]....(who does a lot of sites for photographers, and are really good designers) get such efficient load times on images. Go to pretty much any one of their sites and there is like, no delay for some very high quality jpg files of substantial size. At first I thought they somehow preloaded everything, or a lot, but well, things happen fast. Also, looking for any external musings on the subjects of 1. PRELOADING 2. XML databases .
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Feb 6, 2005
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Oct 5, 2009
I have 3 external SWF containing FLV movies loading into a movie clip on the main.swf via the code below (AS3) when the corresponding button is pressed. The main SWF is a simple timeline with a voice over and minor animation which loads instantly. How can I load the other 3 swfs in the backgrond while the main is playing? I just want to have them in the cache so they can be called on instantly,
function loaddiscovery(e:MouseEvent):void
{
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
[code].....
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It is run through classes document.How can I add a preloader to this code?[code]
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Jun 28, 2004
I have the following file partially completed URL... The idea is I want to make a full flash site so that I can preload everything at once. Is there anyway of preloading those externally loaded buttons at the same time as what will eventually be the rest of the site? Either that or does anyone know a way of making buttons from Dreamweaver work in flash... when I import them they dont work and thats why I'm loading them externally.
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Jun 28, 2004
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May 1, 2010
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Jul 9, 2009
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Jun 1, 2010
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Jul 17, 2008
I'm having a problem preloading external images from an XML file in AS3. It's a scrolling image gallery and everything loads fine, but I can't figure out how to preload the images (all I've been able to do is preload the actual .xml file, which is useless to preload a 10k file). The thumbs skip, the big pics pause, etc.
I'm moderate in AS2 and decided to do this project in AS3(doh), and it's been painful;
Here's my code:
Code: Select allimport flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;
import fl.transitions.Tween;
[Code]....
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Mar 27, 2009
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Aug 25, 2004
I want to import a couple of swf in my flashmovie and several of them is just text and the other is large pictures.
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Aug 15, 2006
I need to pre-load multiple external MP3s. I have a preloader on my flash piece that preloads the SWF file and shows a progress bar and all that jazz. I am using the Sound class to load all the MP3 files when I need them (they are voice overs).
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Nov 23, 2007
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showing preloader message with % loaded on master movie loading time.
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I have a main movie (main.swf) that has an empty movieclip that calls for an external swf that we'll call imageclip1.swf. Now, I have a preloader set up in the imageclip1.swf, however, it doesn't want to move to the second frame after it's loaded when it's loaded into the main.swf. It works fine when I test it by itself. The actionscript (AS2) in the first frame imageclip1.swf:
[Code]...
What ends up happening is that it moves to frame 2 in main.swf. So I don't know what the problem is. I've tried every target scheme I could think of (_root, level0, this). I'm pretty green when comes to AS, Also, what would be the correct way to access the different hierarchies (i.e main.swf from imageclip1.swf)?
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I am trying to Preload my external swf's so that when i call them later they will be preloaded and i can go to a specific frame. I have tried that and all it does is go to the first frame of the movie. Not the Specific frame.
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I'm trying to preload a external SWF file made with AS3 + Papervision, but I'm getting:
Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at Papervision2049$iinit()
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Code:
var l:Loader = new Loader();
l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, loop);
l.load(new URLRequest("main.swf"));
[code]....
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Jan 15, 2009
I am trying to preload some external swf's which are controlled by some mc buttons.
Theres 5 external swf's that play if there button is pressed.
ie press button 1 watch swf 1, press button 2 watch swf 2.
on mc buttons im using this
ActionScript Code:
on (rollOver) {
this.gotoAndPlay("grow");
}
[Code]....
Ive had a look on the forum for answers how ever they all seem far to complex and seem to have so many more functions. I just want some basic code that loads the swf's and resizes them to fit the player.
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Jan 22, 2009
I have a really annoying slide show that shows pairs of before and after pictures. What I need is to be able to preload a folder of images and then load those images into movieClip holders. I have no idea how to get the images to preload.What I really wanted is a slide show that has pairs of images that fade from before to after. With buttons along the bottom that take you to the next pair of images. AND have all the images loaded in from an XML document. Bonus to anyone who can give me a hint on that one.Really i would settle how to preload the images while the preloader is going. And then loading the first pair of slides. [URL]
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