An independent preloader?

I have a large collection of showreel video files that are
all encoded in .swf format. I'd like to add a pre-loader
(percentage bars, or even just a 'please wait' message); but
re-encoding them all isn't really an option because the source
files no longer exist.
Is it possible, therefore, (or possibly, does it already
exist), to have a .swf file to which you can pass a parameter from
HTML to tell it which file to load, and that pre-loader just
displays the 'please wait' message until the video .swf is ready to
play.
Everything I've Google'd so far suggests putting the
preloader in the first frame of the movie itself, which would be
practical for my problem.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Pete

I have exactly the same problem with the desire to have
multiple preloaders to load multiple SWFs my site. Did you ever
find a solution?

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Hi,
I have created one swf which does following two things;
1. Once it gets loaded in HTML on server it will pass Flashvar to HTML. if flash var from swf and HTML both will match then only swf should play.
2. It will also have Preloader
independently both the scripts work perfectly. But when i compile both in one file then it dosent work in following cases;
Case 1- preloader script first and then flashvar:= this preloads file perfectly but dosent pass flashvar
Case 2- flashvar first and then Preloader:= this works perfectly when i test my file Locally but once i upload it to server then it dosent work for Preloader
what should be my logical sequence or options in this?
I am using "Event.ENTER_FRAME" for Preloder and "Event.COMPLETE" for flashvar...is there any mistake?
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stop();
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    loadInfoText.text = Math.floor((loaded/total)*100)+ "%";
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keyLoader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
keyLoader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onLoadError);
keyLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loading);
keyLoader.load(new URLRequest("C:/keytext.txt"));
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var myFlashVar:String;
var ver:String;
var paramObj:Object = LoaderInfo(this.root.loaderInfo).parameters;
for (ver in paramObj)
    myFlashVar = String(paramObj[ver]);
function loading(event:Event):void
    if (keyLoader.data.passKey == "pass1")
    else if (myFlashVar=="pass1")
    else
        stop();
        parent.removeChild(this);
function loadmyHTML():void
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in your loaded code there is
keyLoader.load(new URLRequest("C:/keytext.txt"));
please see this will not be found on the server thus it may have problem in loading it on serveer while it run local machine. please try replacing the keytext.txt file path to a relative path which can also be found on the server.
hope this would help you,

Preloading in AS 3.0

Okay, how does one make a preloader in AS 3.0 for THE ENTIRE swf?
I'm certainly generally familiar with making preloaders in Flash, yet with changes to the Flash environment in the last few years, my situation may not be so straight forward:
I have a very developed Flash 3.0 application where the timeline is not used in the traditional way, everything is Class based, and there are all kinds of assets in the library that are used dynamically.
This type of preloader is useless, because (I guess) that "this.loaderInfo" is associated to the timeline (which has nothing on it) :
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Isn't there a straight forward way to go about this? A property of the SWF that includes ALL of the ASSETS of the SWF independent of the timeline?

What I would suggest, and this is how I always do it when I need a preloader, is to just make yourself a new movie and load into it. Then just a little timeline code is all you need:
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Preload ALL movie clips?

I am experiencing a delay or pause in the site when my first
movie of content is played ... A frew frames before the initial
animation is finished I add in :
_root.conten.gotoAndPlay("start1");
to start the home page (or the first page of my content
movie, whatever you want to call it)....
Is this a preloader problem? I just can't seem to iron it
out.
To See It:
http://www.itamidesign.com/new.html
The Code is also here:
http://www.itamidesign.com/new.fla
THANKS

no no there's always a way, i was just pointing you in the
direction of the easiest way.
the first thing you need to do is check getBytesLoaded at
regular intervals rather than in a loop on a frame. this can be
achieved several ways - i've used setInterval in the example i
prepared for you.
the second thing you need to do is check that getBytesTotal
has been received from the jpg okay - this can be checked by
ensuring that getBytesTotal>4, which is the size of an empty
movie clip.
the code i have attached is independent of your xml code,
which was really confusing things, as it is unrelated to your
loader code (one problem at a time!). once you're happy with your
loader code, then you can integrate it with your working xml code.
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craig

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http://www.gotoandlearn.com/play?id=18
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Just to let anyone know... I did figure this out on my own...
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