Loading bar that shows loading time of HTML page not the movie!

[SPYDERIX]

Hi,

I have a flash intro that I'm using for my site, but I would like to (if possible), have an intro HTML page that uses JS to pre-load the images on the site and show my loading FLASH movie while the page pre-loads.

I would like the flash movie's loading bar to reflect the images that are pre-loaded on the HTML page.

Question-1: Is that possible to do?

Question-2: Where do I start? I don't even have a loading bar. All I want is just a simple rectangle that has a bar inside that moves from left to right indicating that the page is almost finished loaded. Then when the page has pre-loaded the images I need it to re-direct to the main page.

Can someone help me accomplish this, or tell me where to find out how to do this.

Thanks! NATE

design@spyderix-designz.com

http://www.spyderix-designz.com

 

[SPYDERIX]

Any suggestions? Or online tutorial sites?

Thanks! NATE

design@spyderix-designz.com

http://www.spyderix-designz.com

 

[SPYDERIX]

BTW - I know how to pre-load the images using JS. That is not a problem, but can the FLASH movie reflect a loading bar relative to the page and not the movie? I have never seen it done b4 and I don't really know flash very well.

Thanks! NATE

design@spyderix-designz.com

http://www.spyderix-designz.com

 

[oldnewbie]

Guess it could possibly work, if through a communication from your javascript to your loading bar movie, you made your 100 frames loading bar, change frame according to the percentage loaded.
You could use a Flash method in Flash 5, and possibly localConnection in MX.

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/publishexport/scriptingwithflash/scriptingwithflash_03.html

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/localconnection.htm

Regards,