PreLoader Problem

[monkeygraphik]

Help! I'm having real problems getting a pre loader to work on a site I'm building.

I have a set of images that are on a strip that run under a mask, so that they appear on the right hand side and disappear on the left. This is a separate swf file that is loaded into level 1 of my main movie.

Each of the images on this strip is covered by an invisible button, which contains code to load another swf file. I obviously need a preloader for this swf file, so I have created a bar strip as a movie clip and I'm using the following code on the invisible button;

Code/

on(rollOver){
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
on(rollOut){
gotoAndPlay(11);
}


on(release){

this.attachMovie ("loader","loader_mc",this.getNextHighestDepth( ));
setProperty("loader_mc",_x,96);
setProperty("loader_mc",_y,290);
var myMCL:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var myListener: Object= new Object();
myMCL.addListener(myListener);

myListener.onLoadProgress = function(target,bytesLoaded,bytesTotal){
loader_mc._alpha=100;
var pct=Math.round(bytesLoaded/bytesTotal*100);
loader_mc.bar_mc._xscale=pct;
}

myListener.onLoadComplete=function(target){
loader_mc._alpha=0;
}

myMCL.loadClip("gallery1.swf",1);
}
/code

Problem is,this loader will only fall within the boundaries of the mask I have on the stage, so I can't get the bar above or below the image strip, It just runs across it. How do I overcome this problem? It doesn't matter what I set the x and y values to, if they are not within the dimensions of the mask area, it just disappears. Is there another way to program or place pre loaders? I'm really stuck. Help!

Tom.

[MrMadison]

Just put the preloader on it's own layer.

[monkeygraphik]

Hi There,

Thanks for the response. I'll try it! Just one question. Where do I put this separate layer? inside the movieclip that has the invisible button or on the stage I am loading into? All of the code I stated is on an invisible button inside a movie clip. I get confused just trying to explain it!

Thanks,

Tom.

[MrMadison]

Most likely inside the movie clip because what your loading is inside of it right? If not, put it on the main timeline.