Cs4 as3 preloader

Question

Hi,
Is there a surestarter preloader in AS3 with CS4? Meaning here, showing a progress bar or percentage value before loading the main swf, right away at the start of the  loading.
I tried 3 different versions:
1- I used the code from a video (and accompanying files), and simply changed the content.swf to my own swf file (rename my swf content.swf), so that the original code would load my swf instead of the original content.swf. (original content.swf was too small to see anything before loading, because my loading speed is too fast).
Here is the code from the original preloader (loads a small swf which then loads the main swf file):
var l:Loader = new Loader();
l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, loop);
l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, done);
l.load(new URLRequest("content.swf"));
function loop(e:ProgressEvent):void
var perc:Number = e.bytesLoaded / e.bytesTotal;
percent.text = Math.ceil(perc*100).toString();
function done(e:Event):void
removeChildAt(0);
percent = null;
addChild(l);
and here is the link to the file:
http://www.raidcanada.com/preloader-org-test.html
2- used the code suggested, which does the preloading directly in the main swf file:
stop(); 
//Import the required assets
import flash.display.*;
//Stop the playhead while loading occurs
this.stop();
//Create a listener to call the loading function as the movie loads
this.loaderInfo.addEventListener (ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, PL_LOADING);
/*This is the main function, basically it grabs the total and loaded bytes,
calculates a percentage, and displays it by stretching the bar and adjusting
the textfield display. If your bar/textbox instancenames are NOT lbar/lpc,
you'll need to adjust this code to match your instance names*/
function PL_LOADING(event:ProgressEvent):void {
var pcent:Number=event.bytesLoaded/event.bytesTotal*100;
//Stretch the bar
lbar.scaleX=pcent/100;
//Display the % loaded in textfield
lpc.text=int(pcent)+"%";
//If the movie is fully loaded, kick to the next frame on the main timeline
//You may wish to change the gotoAndStop(2) to a gotoAndPlay(2)
if(pcent==100){
this.gotoAndPlay(2);
This one doesn't work either, and if you refresh the page, you get only the bar, instead of refreshing the main swf.
http://www.raidcanada.com/test/test-2.html
3- use the code suggested to replace the preceding version:
stop();
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,checkLoad);
function checkLoad(e:Event):void {
var pcent:Number=this.loaderInfo.bytesLoaded /this.loaderInfo.bytesTotal*100;
lbar.scaleX=pcent/100;
lpc.text=int(pcent)+"%";
if (pcent==100) {
removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,checkLoad);
this.gotoAndPlay(2);
This one loads correctly (without the percentage or progress bar) and the refresh is OK.
http://www.raidcanada.com/test/test-1.html
The idea is to have this page load correctly showing a percentage sign and a progress bar until the loading is complete for this page:
http://www.raidcanada.com/entete-multi-hiver-1-test.html
Every time I test the swf directly in Flash CS4 with the simulated download, I get the progress bar and percentage correctly.
I also tried with Firefox and get the same results.
FLAs are at:
http://www.raidcanada.com/test/test-1.fla
http://www.raidcanada.com/test/test-2.fla
and screenshots of FLASH (showing the progress bar in "test movie" with simulated download):
http://www.raidcanada.com/test/screenshot-test-1.jpg
http://www.raidcanada.com/test/screenshot-test-2.jpg
Am I missing something?
THank you in advance

Answer 1

Hi,
I am using Internet Explorer 8, version 8.0.7600.16385 with Windows 7 Ultimate or Firefox 3 version 3.5.9
If I flush the cache and load the page:
http://www.raidcanada.com/entete-multi-hiver-1-test.html
It takes about 5 seconds with a blank screen before I get the main swf displayed.
If I load the page: http://www.raidcanada.com/test/test-1.html
It takes about 1 second with a blank screen before I get the main swf displayed. The main swf file is much smaller.
I also did a lot of tests, and still the same problem. Temporarely, on the production site, I ended up installing a static Image saying "Loading", without the code, which then loads the large swf. But some customers are seeing the "Loading" for 14 sec to 24 seconds, depending of the swf file.
I know the code suggested is probably working with CS3 and AS2, but I need to make it work with CS4 and AS3, because my other code is all in AS3, built with CS4. As I said before, if I make a simulation, the simulation is perfect.
Thanks