flash (macromedia): Let me start by saying that I have been using the basics of Flash for some time
now, and I am now running Version 8. However, I have never been to school or
training for Flash, so I am self taught. Therefore, I may have a bit of
trouble if you use terms that are too technical. Thanks in advance for any
help you can give me.

I have created a flash movie and embedded it into my website. however, if it
is the first time you've been to the site it takes a little while to load up.
How can I place some sort of "loading" signal there to show that a movie is
indeed getting ready to play? I've seen this on many other sites but I can't
seem to figure out how it is done? Any help is appreciated.

Jesse

on Frame 3 (as an example) of your document you can use something like:



stop();
if (_level0.getBytesLoaded() == _level0.getBytesTotal()) {
play();
} else {
gotoAndPlay(2);

The term is "PreLoader"

http://www.bestflashanimationsite.com/tutorials/3/
http://www.newtutorials.com/preloader-tutorial.htm
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm

That is just a few...