On a preloader, is there a way to get the file to reload

[bwilch]

Long and short:

Customer is D/L'ing the movie and a preloader is showing. For some reason if they file becomes corrupt (ie transfer gets interrupted, etc), they keep getting stuck when they refresh the page. We are having them delete the temporary internet files and it is able then to redownload no problems.

My question:
Is there a way to have flash delete the file it's downloading (in the temporary internet files) and restart?

Thanks!

 

[oldnewbie]

Append a random number to the .swf's name in your html, to force the browser to always load a fresh file from the server and never re-use the one in the cache.

Regards. FLASH HELP - OPENED FOR BUSINESS!
TO GET YOUR OWN FREE WEBSITE HOSTING

 

[bwilch]

Thanks oldnewbie. I think in a round about way you've given me a solution that will work. I think I'll put an "I'm stuck" button there that will load the same file with #.swf then when they proceed they'll continue in order to the next .swf without the #, in case they get stuck again.

 

[bwilch]

Thanks for the idea oldnewbie, that's a great idea indeed. I do have another thought. Is there a way in AS that after a period of time in a preloader if the bytes do not increase to have it "time out"?

So if after 30 seconds if the bytes have not increased, it progresses to something else, either another frame?

Thanks for any feedback you may have.