flash actionscript: Hi,

I have a container movieclip and inside am creating a series of movie clips on
the fly (with createEmptyMovieClip())and populating them with external jpgs via
an xml file. The jpgs are large and take time to download. I would like to
create a preloader for each of these dynamic movie clips.

How do I create the preloaders on the fly?

please see www.viaduct.co.uk and select 'furniture' then 'category' then any
option ie 'beds'. Each of the images has its own preloader. I need to achieve
this and the drag too (I have basic drag but no inertia or boundaries).

am using flash mx 2004 pro.

please help.

thanks

Sara

Can anyone help at all?

I'll put the code up later but basically the architecture is like this..

I got a parent fla with a frame which contains a movieClip called 'container'.

Inside 'container' , on the first frame I have a script which loads an xml
file, creates 3 arrays and then a loop which iterates 28 times. Each time
creating an EmptyMovieClip, giiving it a unique name, position and placing an
external JPG into it. The JPGs are large (some 300K) each so I would like a
preloader for each movie clip.

This is my first project in MX Pro. Am a bit baffled.. Can anyone help?

cheers

S

Can anyone help at all?

I'll put the code up later but basically the architecture is like this..

I got a parent fla with a frame which contains a movieClip called 'container'.

Inside 'container' , on the first frame I have a script which loads an xml
file, creates 3 arrays and then a loop which iterates 28 times. Each time
creating an EmptyMovieClip, giiving it a unique name, position and placing an
external JPG into it. The JPGs are large (some 300K) each so I would like a
preloader for each movie clip.

This is my first project in MX Pro. Am a bit baffled.. Can anyone help?

cheers

S

you sure those are jpegs being loaded as jpegs?

One way is to load individual swf files of which each swf file is just an
empty movie clip with a small preloader inside and then a loadMovie command.

That way, as each swf is called to load upon selecting "Beds," they all start
loading in sequence but each has a preloader.

Maybe that can help out.

hi,
are you talking about the jpgs on the viaduct site? I don't know that they are
jpgs, I just assumed they were.

So you are suggesting that I create 28 swfs each with a preloader inside and
then the jpg? Can I tell the swfs i'm calling in which jpgs to load into
themselves via the master swf with xml? Can I rather than create 28 swfs,
duplicate one 28 times with actionscript?

thanks

S