ActionScript 3.0 :: How To Do Preloading For Dynamic Content
Feb 20, 2010
My flash site is comprised of about 10 to 12 dynamically loaded external images, which are declared as Loader class instances, loaded, then placed on the stage. I set up a basic external pre-loader but just as I suspected it would, the pre-loader loads the swf of my main site but when the swf is loaded the external dynamic content of the main site still has to be loaded. How can I go about preloading dynamic content? Because what I want is all the assets that make up the site to be there and loaded, when the pre-loader is done.
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Feb 23, 2003
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here is the current code applied to my Rectangle Nav Button:
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ordernum = "0001";
title = "Change is the only constant - 1600x1200";
[code].....
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Jan 8, 2004
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Nov 11, 2009
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ActionScript Code:
import fl.controls.ProgressBar;
import fl.transitions.Tween;
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[Code].....
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[code].....
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