form loading slowly . . .suggestion?

[mariebmk]

I have a site that contains multiple forms that are created dynamically from information in a database using flash remoting. I have written actionscript to create all the checkboxes, text inputs, etc that are needed. The only problem is this lags somewhat on the loading of each form, not a ton, but as it is used for data entry, enough to be annoying to users. Is there any good way to speed this up? Preloaders, something with flash remoting? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

Beth

 

[wangbar]

If the forms are separate movies the lag could be down to the loading of the UI components (if you're using the prebuilt components that is). Since the components are exported by default in the first frame, before any other content is displayed then there is at least 20K of data to download per movie before you see anything - even a preloader.

Couple of ways around this are to physically add the components to a scene elsewhere in your movie and uncheck the 'download in first frame' option in 'linkage' or to load the form into an empty movieclip in another movie allowing you to target its timeline and make an effective preloader.