Progress Bar Help

[Aaron1988]

hi i want a flash progress bar that has a percentage at top of it like 0 - 100 and i want it so it after it loads to 100 then it it is linked to my webpage can any1 help please thanx

[JacobHaug]

Flash comes with a percent one installed in the components panel. Check it out!! Let me know what exactly you want...do you want to know how to build your own pre-loader, or what? Thanks!!

[Aaron1988]

i need a progress bar that when loadz to 100% it redirtects to my site www.3d-modelling-art-online.com?

[JacobHaug]

I will help you with this problem on MSN Messenger!!

[Aaron1988]

Ok Jacob mate no worries thanx

[JacobHaug]

No Problem!!

[Aaron1988]

i am learning flash little by little lol

[JacobHaug]

That's the way to do it!!

Let me know if you need any help learning flash.

[Aaron1988]

Hey mate

Yuh i wanna learn Flash

[JacobHaug]

I will send you the video tutorial I am doing when I finish it!! But first I have to start it...lol

[Aaron1988]

ok mate kool i be on anywayz and i am in process of making an intro flash page

[JacobHaug]

Cool!!

[Aaron1988]

yup will be when done mate

[JacobHaug]

Great!!

[Aaron1988]

hey mate i downloaded something called Flash Effect Maker you ever used it lol you can make intro pages and stuff

[JacobHaug]

Is it really free? Or is it just a trial version? Personally I assume just to build the intro myself...lol

[Aaron1988]

na it free trial lol and i dunno how to do a flash intro page lol so needed a program whiched helped

[giddyrob]

Hey Aaron,

I'm new on here but is this the type of loader your looking for?

Sandy Lamb

This is a site I have nearly finished making for a hip hop chick in London.

Let me know if I can help out.

Cheers muchos

Rob (no reason for the sheep!!!)
DustMonkeys.com

[Aaron1988]

yes that is a something i am looking for mate and the site is looking good and where bouts london you mate i am in brixton living with my uncle

[giddyrob]

Hey,

Im in the North London area.

Anyhow, I have uploaded the file you need but it won't be there long so grab it asap

It can be found at robsloader

The main things you need to know is that you need a loadBar object in a layer and a loadText textbox in a layer. The first of these is the bar you want to use (colour, shape and size), Convert this to a movie clip. The second is just a textbox with whatever font you want etc. Once you have these you need another layer, which will hold the actionscript. I have called this layer action. In the first frame put this code:

<CODE>
bytes_loaded = Math.round(_root.getBytesLoaded());
bytes_total = Math.round(_root.getBytesTotal());
getPercent = bytes_loaded/bytes_total;
_root.loadBar._width = getPercent*541;
_root.loadText = Math.round(getPercent*100)+"%";
if (bytes_loaded == bytes_total) {
_root.gotoAndPlay(3);
}
</CODE>

541 is the width of the bar!

Then in the second frame put this:

<CODE>
gotoAndPlay(1);
</CODE>

All this code is doing is looping round until the bytes loaded is the same as the total bytes of your flash animation. Once it reaches the magic number it just goes to the 3rd frame where your animation begins.

The best way is to just use the file I have sent you and just adapt it. If you study the code it is straight forward.

Hope that helped.

Cheers

Rob
DustMonkeys