Preloader code not working

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Hi everyone,

I have a preloader.swf file that contains a preloader animation. I’m using the following actionscript code to make it work:


var loader_mc:MovieClip = new Preloader();
var loader:Loader = new Loader();

function handleResize(e:Event)
{
	loader_mc.x=stage.stageWidth/2;
	loader_mc.y=stage.stageHeight/2;
}
handleResize(null);
 
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,onProgress);
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onComplete);

loader.load(new URLRequest("video.swf"));

addChild(loader_mc);

function onProgress(e:ProgressEvent)
{
	loader_mc.nr_txt.text=int(e.currentTarget.bytesLoaded/e.currentTarget.bytesTotal*100);
}
function onComplete(e:Event)
{
	removeChild(loader_mc);
	addChild(loader);
}

The file called video.swf is what is being loaded after the preloader has finished. I’m using the flvplayback component within the video.swf file to get it to loop etc.

When I test it by loading the preloader.swf file, all I see is the preloader animation going around and a zero but it’s not downloading the video.swf file because the zero remains and it’s not counting up to 100%.

I’ve attached a zip file containing both the preloader.fla file and also the video.fla file.

I wondered if someone could take a look and tell me what might be causing this?

Appreciate any assistance.

2

I’ve done some troubleshooting with the file and have discovered that if I let Flash create an html file along with the swf file, then it works.

The code it produced is as follows:


<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>preloader</title>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
//v1.7
// Flash Player Version Detection
// Detect Client Browser type
// Copyright 2005-2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated.  All rights reserved.
var isIE  = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false;
var isWin = (navigator.appVersion.toLowerCase().indexOf("win") != -1) ? true : false;
var isOpera = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera") != -1) ? true : false;
function ControlVersion()
{
	var version;
	var axo;
	var e;
	// NOTE : new ActiveXObject(strFoo) throws an exception if strFoo isn't in the registry
	try {
		// version will be set for 7.X or greater players
		axo = new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.7");
		version = axo.GetVariable("$version");
	} catch (e) {
	}
	if (!version)
	{
		try {
			// version will be set for 6.X players only
			axo = new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.6");
			
			// installed player is some revision of 6.0
			// GetVariable("$version") crashes for versions 6.0.22 through 6.0.29,
			// so we have to be careful. 
			
			// default to the first public version
			version = "WIN 6,0,21,0";
			// throws if AllowScripAccess does not exist (introduced in 6.0r47)		
			axo.AllowScriptAccess = "always";
			// safe to call for 6.0r47 or greater
			version = axo.GetVariable("$version");
		} catch (e) {
		}
	}
	if (!version)
	{
		try {
			// version will be set for 4.X or 5.X player
			axo = new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.3");
			version = axo.GetVariable("$version");
		} catch (e) {
		}
	}
	if (!version)
	{
		try {
			// version will be set for 3.X player
			axo = new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.3");
			version = "WIN 3,0,18,0";
		} catch (e) {
		}
	}
	if (!version)
	{
		try {
			// version will be set for 2.X player
			axo = new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash");
			version = "WIN 2,0,0,11";
		} catch (e) {
			version = -1;
		}
	}
	
	return version;
}
// JavaScript helper required to detect Flash Player PlugIn version information
function GetSwfVer(){
	// NS/Opera version >= 3 check for Flash plugin in plugin array
	var flashVer = -1;
	
	if (navigator.plugins != null && navigator.plugins.length > 0) {
		if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] || navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]) {
			var swVer2 = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] ? " 2.0" : "";
			var flashDescription = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash" + swVer2].description;
			var descArray = flashDescription.split(" ");
			var tempArrayMajor = descArray[2].split(".");			
			var versionMajor = tempArrayMajor[0];
			var versionMinor = tempArrayMajor[1];
			var versionRevision = descArray[3];
			if (versionRevision == "") {
				versionRevision = descArray[4];
			}
			if (versionRevision[0] == "d") {
				versionRevision = versionRevision.substring(1);
			} else if (versionRevision[0] == "r") {
				versionRevision = versionRevision.substring(1);
				if (versionRevision.indexOf("d") > 0) {
					versionRevision = versionRevision.substring(0, versionRevision.indexOf("d"));
				}
			}
			var flashVer = versionMajor + "." + versionMinor + "." + versionRevision;
		}
	}
	// MSN/WebTV 2.6 supports Flash 4
	else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv/2.6") != -1) flashVer = 4;
	// WebTV 2.5 supports Flash 3
	else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv/2.5") != -1) flashVer = 3;
	// older WebTV supports Flash 2
	else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv") != -1) flashVer = 2;
	else if ( isIE && isWin && !isOpera ) {
		flashVer = ControlVersion();
	}	
	return flashVer;
}
// When called with reqMajorVer, reqMinorVer, reqRevision returns true if that version or greater is available
function DetectFlashVer(reqMajorVer, reqMinorVer, reqRevision)
{
	versionStr = GetSwfVer();
	if (versionStr == -1 ) {
		return false;
	} else if (versionStr != 0) {
		if(isIE && isWin && !isOpera) {
			// Given "WIN 2,0,0,11"
			tempArray         = versionStr.split(" "); 	// ["WIN", "2,0,0,11"]
			tempString        = tempArray[1];			// "2,0,0,11"
			versionArray      = tempString.split(",");	// ['2', '0', '0', '11']
		} else {
			versionArray      = versionStr.split(".");
		}
		var versionMajor      = versionArray[0];
		var versionMinor      = versionArray[1];
		var versionRevision   = versionArray[2];
        	// is the major.revision >= requested major.revision AND the minor version >= requested minor
		if (versionMajor > parseFloat(reqMajorVer)) {
			return true;
		} else if (versionMajor == parseFloat(reqMajorVer)) {
			if (versionMinor > parseFloat(reqMinorVer))
				return true;
			else if (versionMinor == parseFloat(reqMinorVer)) {
				if (versionRevision >= parseFloat(reqRevision))
					return true;
			}
		}
		return false;
	}
}
function AC_AddExtension(src, ext)
{
  if (src.indexOf('?') != -1)
    return src.replace(/\\?/, ext+'?'); 
  else
    return src + ext;
}
function AC_Generateobj(objAttrs, params, embedAttrs) 
{ 
  var str = '';
  if (isIE && isWin && !isOpera)
  {
    str += '<object ';
    for (var i in objAttrs)
    {
      str += i + '="' + objAttrs[i] + '" ';
    }
    str += '>';
    for (var i in params)
    {
      str += '<param name="' + i + '" value="' + params[i] + '" /> ';
    }
    str += '</object>';
  }
  else
  {
    str += '<embed ';
    for (var i in embedAttrs)
    {
      str += i + '="' + embedAttrs[i] + '" ';
    }
    str += '> </embed>';
  }
  document.write(str);
}
function AC_FL_RunContent(){
  var ret = 
    AC_GetArgs
    (  arguments, ".swf", "movie", "clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
     , "application/x-shockwave-flash"
    );
  AC_Generateobj(ret.objAttrs, ret.params, ret.embedAttrs);
}
function AC_SW_RunContent(){
  var ret = 
    AC_GetArgs
    (  arguments, ".dcr", "src", "clsid:166B1BCA-3F9C-11CF-8075-444553540000"
     , null
    );
  AC_Generateobj(ret.objAttrs, ret.params, ret.embedAttrs);
}
function AC_GetArgs(args, ext, srcParamName, classid, mimeType){
  var ret = new Object();
  ret.embedAttrs = new Object();
  ret.params = new Object();
  ret.objAttrs = new Object();
  for (var i=0; i < args.length; i=i+2){
    var currArg = args[i].toLowerCase();    
    switch (currArg){	
      case "classid":
        break;
      case "pluginspage":
        ret.embedAttrs[args[i]] = args[i+1];
        break;
      case "src":
      case "movie":	
        args[i+1] = AC_AddExtension(args[i+1], ext);
        ret.embedAttrs["src"] = args[i+1];
        ret.params[srcParamName] = args[i+1];
        break;
      case "onafterupdate":
      case "onbeforeupdate":
      case "onblur":
      case "oncellchange":
      case "onclick":
      case "ondblclick":
      case "ondrag":
      case "ondragend":
      case "ondragenter":
      case "ondragleave":
      case "ondragover":
      case "ondrop":
      case "onfinish":
      case "onfocus":
      case "onhelp":
      case "onmousedown":
      case "onmouseup":
      case "onmouseover":
      case "onmousemove":
      case "onmouseout":
      case "onkeypress":
      case "onkeydown":
      case "onkeyup":
      case "onload":
      case "onlosecapture":
      case "onpropertychange":
      case "onreadystatechange":
      case "onrowsdelete":
      case "onrowenter":
      case "onrowexit":
      case "onrowsinserted":
      case "onstart":
      case "onscroll":
      case "onbeforeeditfocus":
      case "onactivate":
      case "onbeforedeactivate":
      case "ondeactivate":
      case "type":
      case "codebase":
      case "id":
        ret.objAttrs[args[i]] = args[i+1];
        break;
      case "width":
      case "height":
      case "align":
      case "vspace": 
      case "hspace":
      case "class":
      case "title":
      case "accesskey":
      case "name":
      case "tabindex":
        ret.embedAttrs[args[i]] = ret.objAttrs[args[i]] = args[i+1];
        break;
      default:
        ret.embedAttrs[args[i]] = ret.params[args[i]] = args[i+1];
    }
  }
  ret.objAttrs["classid"] = classid;
  if (mimeType) ret.embedAttrs["type"] = mimeType;
  return ret;
}
// -->
</script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#333333">
<!--url's used in the movie-->
<!--text used in the movie-->
<!-- saved from url=(0013)about:internet -->
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
	AC_FL_RunContent(
		'codebase', 'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0',
		'width', '590',
		'height', '300',
		'src', 'preloader',
		'quality', 'high',
		'pluginspage', 'http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer',
		'align', 'middle',
		'play', 'true',
		'loop', 'true',
		'scale', 'showall',
		'wmode', 'window',
		'devicefont', 'false',
		'id', 'preloader',
		'bgcolor', '#333333',
		'name', 'preloader',
		'menu', 'true',
		'allowFullScreen', 'false',
		'allowScriptAccess','sameDomain',
		'movie', 'preloader',
		'salign', ''
		); //end AC code
</script>
<noscript>
	<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" width="590" height="300" id="preloader" align="middle">
	<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
	<param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" />
	<param name="movie" value="preloader.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#333333" />	<embed src="preloader.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#333333" width="590" height="300" name="preloader" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" />
	</object>
</noscript>
</body>
</html>

Instead of that however, I’ve been using code from SWFObject, ie.

<script type="text/javascript" src="swf/swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
                  var flashvars = {};
                  var params = {};
                  var attributes = {};
                  swfobject.embedSWF("swf/preloader2.swf", "flash_replace", "430", "218", "9.0.0", false, flashvars, params, attributes);
</script>

It seems that this is the code that is preventing it from working. Would someone be able to comment on this and possibly try and help. I’d prefer to use the SWFObject code.

Thanks

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I mentioned in my last post that I had uploaded a file but apparently it didn’t appear. I’ve since successfully uploaded the zipped file if someone would take a look.

Thanks