Pre-Loader Not working when published 1

[lukeduke7]

Hello, I'm new to this forum. I have situation with my preloader. I am loading audio from an external folder. When I click on the audio a preloader loads the audio and upon completion plays audio.

My problem lies in that when I test the movie everything works as expected. I was joyous. BUT, once I view the actual .swf or the .exe after I publish, the preloader doesn't work. The audio still loads but the preloader does nothing.

Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong? Is there a setting in the publish settings I need to change.

This is the first time I've had this happen. Usually I have a pre-loader at the begining of a flash file and load the file. This one is in a movie clip and only activated upon a mouse action.

Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated.

//ACTION SCRIPT I AM USING (AS2)//

switchTrack = function (trackNr) {
mcLoader.mcBar._visible = true;
txtPercent._visible = true;
snd.stop();
snd.loadSound(soundUrls[trackNr]);
bt = snd.getBytesTotal();
this.onEnterFrame = function () {
bl = snd.getBytesLoaded();
pr = bl/bt*100;
txtPercent.text = 'LOADING '+Math.ceil(pr)+'%';
mcBar._xscale = pr;
if (pr == 100) {
mcBar._visible = false;//Hide pre-loader bar after load
txtPercent._visible = false;//Hide pre-loader text after load
_parent.mcSoundStop._visible = true;
_parent.mcSoundPlay._visible = false;
snd.setVolume(100);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
}

 

[oldnewbie]

Can you post a link to your .fla?

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[lukeduke7]

Not really, its company material and highly confidential. Have you heard of this before or have any possible suggestions? Thanks!

 

[oldnewbie]

Nope!


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[oldnewbie]

Need your mockup .fla in a Flash 8 format, not CS3.

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[oldnewbie]

This following code works...

mcBar._visible = false;

//PRE-LOADER and TRACK PLAY
switchTrack = function (trackNr) {
	mcBar._visible = false;
	txtPercent._visible = false;
	snd.stop();
	snd.loadSound(soundUrls[trackNr]);
	this.onEnterFrame = function () {
		pr = snd.getBytesLoaded()/snd.getBytesTotal()*100;
		if(!isNaN(pr)){
			if (pr == 0) {
				txtPercent.text = "";
			} else {
				trace(pr);
				txtPercent._visible = true;
				txtPercent.text = 'LOADING '+Math.ceil(pr)+'%';
			}
			mcBar._visible = true;
			mcBar._xscale = pr;
    	}
		if (pr == 100) {
			mcBar._visible = false;
			txtPercent._visible = false;
			_parent.mcSoundStop._visible = true;
			_parent.mcSoundPlay._visible = false;
			snd.setVolume(100);
			delete this.onEnterFrame;
		}
	};
};

Note that you'll have to correct your code on the loadBar, since only the outline scales, since you haven't added the loadbar fill mc itself within that loadBar mc.

Furthermore, the preloader doesn't re-appear once the files are cached, and you'll need to clear your cache between tests, if you want to see it in action again.

That's why I'd also make the bar outline on stage invisible to start with, and only make it visible (as the main loadBar) when needed, that is if the file is not already cached.

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[oldnewbie]

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[lukeduke7]

Thanks Oldnewbie for the great code!