Topic: Flash Preloader

Is it possible to have a preloader created in Flash that instead of loading frames loads different .jpgs and .gifs? I can't seem to figure out how to do this.

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cheers.jay

You might be able to do this by creating a movie clip with a different image on each frame.

Then create a variable, I'll just use t. Each time the preloader loops, increment t by one.

There are lots of ways to use t now to go to each frame of the movie clip, the method you use will depend on how long you want the clips to be on the screen.

The only problem with this idea as a preloader is that images will take a while to load themselves, so are you going to have a preloader for your preloader?

[This message has been edited by kretsminky (edited 02-10-2002).]

I don't understand the question.

First off, you aren't going to load gifs. You can import them, but you can't use them directly until you have converted them to symbols.

Second - do you want something visual happening, or do you just want them loaded in the computer's cache so there's no delay displaying them? Sort of like cacheing images for JavaScript rollovers?

If that's the case, you just want to preload the movie. Preloading frames just means that the content of the movie (graphics, script, sound, everything) finishes downloading to the viewer before the movie begins playing. You don't really preload images by themselves as with HTML, because the Flash movie is a compiled bit of code.

Maybe I missed the intent of the question.

I think that instead of loading different frames, he wants a series of images to load as the preloader progresses.

Thats what I am guessing anyway.