Preloader stops working on loadMovie function 1

[abbott567]

my problem is simple...
my preloader works when previewed or viewed in a web browser...

however - once the loadMovie function is used on this file the preloader simply does not animate but is in a 100% state for the duration of the loading process.

this is the main movie - and when you click the portfolio button the preloader should kick in. it does not however...

http://www.craigabbott.co.uk/pf

the code i am using for my preloader is this on frame 2.

if (_root.getBytesTotal() != _root.getBytesLoaded()){
gotoAndPlay(1);
}
mybar._xscale=(_root.getBytesLoaded()/_root.getBytesTotal())*120;

mybar is a movieclip that is 120px long

 

[oldnewbie]

Is the portfolio movie an external .swf?

If so, you should monitor the loading bytes of the container clip (or the level's), rather than the _root's as your code above does... Your main movie is already preloaded, so obviously targeting _root in your preloading code, will monitor the _root's loaded bytes and not the loading in of the portfolio movie...

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[abbott567]

yes its an external .swf and it loads into an empty movie clip called 'dropzone'

i dont know how to go about getting it to work its doing my head in lol

 

[oldnewbie]

Attach both your main .fla and portfolio .fla to this forum...
Or provide a link to them on some web space of your's...
Or use a file sharing site as

http://www.rapidshare.com

, and provide a link here, to download them from there...

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[abbott567]

ok the main flash file is called index.fla
and the portfolio bit that loads in is called design.fla

they are located here

http://www.craigabbott.co.uk/index.fla

http://www.craigabbott.co.uk/design.fla

 

[abbott567]

nobody any ideas then?

 

[oldnewbie]

Your references to _root in the design.fla's preloader, wrongly point to the root level of your index.fla, once the design.swf is loaded in your index.swf...

Change the _root's to this...

if (this.getBytesTotal() != this.getBytesLoaded()){
	gotoAndPlay(1); 
}
mybar._xscale=(this.getBytesLoaded()/this.getBytesTotal())*120;

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[abbott567]

dude your an absolute star!
many thanks!

 

[oldnewbie]

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