[flashpro] AS2 Preloader - - Help Needed...

[Timo Stamm]

And now, after these 300 lines of code, the ActionScript 1 solution 
(insert drumm roll here):


_root.preloaderTextField // textfield for progress display
_root.preloaderInAnim.play() // anim to play before loading
_root.onEnterFrame = function () {
    if (_root.preloaderInAnim._currentframe ==
		_root.preloaderInAnim._totalframes) {
       _root.loadtarget.loadMovieClip("x.swf")
       _root.loadtarget._alpha = 0
       _root.onEnterFrame = function () {
          var t = _root.loadtarget.getBytesTotal()
          var l = _root.loadtarget.getBytesLoaded()
          var percentageLoaded = l/t*100;
          _root.preloaderTextField.text = percentageLoaded;
          if (t > 50 && t==l) {
             _root.preloaderTextField._visible = false;
             _root.preloaderOutAnim.play() // anim to play after loading
             _root.onEnterFrame = function () {
                if (_root.preloaderInAnim._currentframe ==
			_root.preloaderInAnim._totalframes) {
                   _root.onEnterFrame = function () {
                      // fading loaded movie in
                      _root.loadtarget._alpha += 8;
                      if (_root.loadtarget._alpha > 90) {
                         _root.loadtarget._alpha = 100;
                         _root.onEnterFrame = undefined;
                      }
                   }
                }
             }
          }
       }
    }
}


(This code is not testet AT ALL, but you should get the idea.)


It is absolutely not re-usable, but who cares? It is only 1/10 of the 
AS2 solution!

Makes you wonder about the hype about AS2. I know it's type-safe and 
all, but to my opinion flash is better suited for extreme programming 
and a dynamic language.


Timo