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1. Nick 12.08.07 / 9pm

   Have you actually tried this? Cuz it doesn’t work. Maybe you should test your code before you post.
2. tudor 12.19.07 / 8am

   It doesn’t seem to work…
3. tudor 12.19.07 / 5pm

   Thanks for the mail. Indeed, it works now.
   I’d rather initialize percent with int(mProgress.bytesLoaded/mProgress.bytesTotal*100);
   Keep it up, great posts!
4. konstantin 12.22.07 / 7pm

   Say you wanted to use this code on a button click, but you have several buttons how would you handle loading different external .swf and clearing out each swf each time a different button is clicked?
5. Chaz Lu 01.03.08 / 2am

   It works perfect with tudor’s suggestion.

   Thank you so much!

   This is the most clearest preloading in AS3 I can find.
6. rob 01.03.08 / 11am

   I agree, tudor - if you’re thinking of percent as 1-100 - but I’m giving you the ACTUAL percent - 1% is actually .01.

   In actionscript 3 - most that you would animate is generally based in decimals… alpha, scaleX, scaleY, ect. The only thing that uses whole numbers would be frames - and that’s lame.

   Also - it’s easier to calculate values based on the decimal percent - like…

   var destX = 500;
   var targX = percent*destX;

   It’s a bit more rational that way.

   In AS2 everything was _alpha = 90;

   So I understand how it would appear to be easier if you’re used to that methodology. Happy Scripting!
7. rudy 01.04.08 / 4pm

   can i sitll load external movies into leves in AS3?

   and how could i do that?
8. rudy 01.04.08 / 4pm

   can i sitll load external movies into levels in AS3?

   and how could i do it?
9. andy 04.21.08 / 4am

   your website wud look much better if the logo was I <3 actionscript instead of I H<3rt Actionscript
10. anak 04.22.08 / 10am

    Hi, I would love to know the answer to this!:
    “Say you wanted to use this code on a button click, but you have several buttons how would you handle loading different external .swf and clearing out each swf each time a different button is clicked?”
11. Rob Gungor 04.22.08 / 10am

    andy,

    I first had just the heart - but that’s sort of cliche - so I wanted to try something different.

    But I will try playing with i <3 actionscript - I like that idea.
12. Rob Gungor 04.22.08 / 11am

    Anak,
    How many .swfs are we talking about?

    You could potentially store them in an array:
    var _numberOfSwfs:int;
    var _swfs:Array = [”1.swf”, “2.swf”, “3.swf”, “4.swf”];
    var currentSwf; //:Loader; - maybe - but you may have to make it another type… I’m leaving no type for now cause I’m not sure

    function clickHandler(m:MouseEvent):void
    {
    //load the next swf by array index - each button would need its own handler
    loadNextSwf(2);
    }
    function clearCurrentSwf():void
    {
    if(currentSwf != null)
    {
    removeChild(currentSwf);
    currentSwf = null; // may not work - I need to test this;
    }
    }
    function loadNextSwf(index:int)
    {
    var url = _swfs[index];
    var mLoader:Loader = new Loader();
    var mRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(var url);
    mLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onCompleteHandler);
    mLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, onProgressHandler);
    mLoader.load(mRequest);
    currentSwf = mLoader; //possible mLoader.content - depending on what you want to do;
    }

    function onCompleteHandler(loadEvent:Event)
    {
    clearCurrentSwf();
    addChild(loadEvent.currentTarget.content);
    currentSwf = loadEvent.currentTarget.content;
    }
    function onProgressHandler(mProgress:ProgressEvent)
    {
    var percent:Number = mProgress.bytesLoaded/mProgress.bytesTotal;
    trace(percent);
    }

    NOTE: I haven’t tested this at all - you will probably get errors because you’ll need to add imports and things - and the types may be off on the variables. I’m just throwing this up as a quick example - I may edit later - but this is a starting point.

    rob

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