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Progress Preloader 1

In this Flash AS3 tutorial we give a simple solid example of how to easily preload your bulky Flash files using a loadbar and dynamic load text. It is best practice in flash to give your web site visitors an indication that something big is loading in. If it takes more 2 seconds to load in you will want to implement a progress preloader load bar and percentage text.

Lesson Code

import flash.events.ProgressEvent;

function loadProgress(my_movie:ProgressEvent):void {

var percent:Number = Math.floor( (my_movie.bytesLoaded*100)/my_movie.bytesTotal );

myLoadText.text = percent+"%";
// We want our load bar to be 200px wide
// so we multiply the dynamic percent by 2
myLoadBar.width = percent * 2;

}
loaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, loadProgress);

// On frame two there is a stop action