Ghost in the preloader

Hi -
I'm trying to build a preloader into "master.fla" showing a
simple animation (loaderani_mc) and the progress % count
(loading_txt). This preloader is not for bringing in external
content but for preloading stuff on subsequent frames of
master.fla.
I've been messing with so many variations I may have gotten
lost ...but now I'm seeing double!
Using the attached code I'm seeing 2 of the same preload
animation with % text...even though there's only one mc on stage.
If I comment out the lines about loaderani_mc and loading_txt
- only the old graphic and % readout shows up on the screen.
Even without any instances of the loader_ani on the stage,
the old one shows up.
If I comment out all of the code I see nothing... so there's
a ghost in this code somewhere.
There is other actionscript on other frames in the file but
the only mention of loader_ani or stuff like "bytesLoaded" is in
the code I've attached.
What's worse is - the old preload animation isn't working
right - it appears after about 35% has gone by. The new one will
appear in 2 or 3%. So I have a real reason to replace the old with
the new ... but I can't figure out where it is.
Am I using this code correctly? Is there a mechanism in
actionscript or Flash I can use to flush out this ghost?
TIA some expert input.
JL

Found it! Duh!
OK - as I said, I'm using this code to build a loader in
master.fla. I want all it's content to load before any of it
appears. So I took put this code in master.fla and saved it as
"master+pre.fla", ...and proceeded to
"mcLoader.loadClip("master.swf", 1);"
So the ghost preloader was "hiding" in the file being loaded
in.
Sorry to bother all.
So -
Can I delete this entire thread?

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addChild(pre_loader);
pre_loader.x = Math.round(stage.stageWidth/2) - Math.round(pre_loader.width/2);
pre_loader.y = Math.round(stage.stageHeight/2) - Math.round(pre_loader.height/2);
pre_loader.load_bar.width = 1;
// load page
loadThisPage(this_page);
//======================================================================================== =================================================
//    load called page
//======================================================================================== =================================================
function loadThisPage(thisPage:String):void{
// load new page
background_ldr = new Loader();
var pageRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(thisPage);
background_ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, pageCompleteHandler);
background_ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, pageProgressHandler);
background_ldr.load(pageRequest);
function pageCompleteHandler(loadEvent:Event){
background_mc = MovieClip(background_ldr.content);
background_holder.addChild(background_mc);
removeChild(pre_loader);
function pageProgressHandler(e:ProgressEvent){
var loaded:Number = e.target.bytesLoaded;
var total:Number = e.target.bytesTotal;
var pct:Number = loaded / total;
trace(pct);
pre_loader.pct_txt.text = String(Math.round(pct * 100)) + "%";
pre_loader.load_bar.width = Math.round(pct * load_bar_width);
THE LOADED SWF
This file also used the default settings for Flash player 10. Therefore, I am not merging into the code my tlf library so no increase in file size.
The doc class:
package com {
// core
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.Stage;
import fl.text.TLFTextField;
import flash.events.Event;
// import custom classes
import com.main.BuildStageClass;
// initialize class
public class DocClass extends MovieClip {
// custom classes
// variables
public static var build_stage_class:BuildStageClass;
// stage containers
public static var main_stage:MovieClip;
// private toggle var
private var init:Boolean = false;
// main constructor
public function DocClass() {
   addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, stageAddedHandler);
private function stageAddedHandler(e:Event){
           // trace("Document Class Stage: " + this.stage);
   // initialize classes
   build_stage_class = new BuildStageClass();
   // wait until second added to stage call to initialize application
   if(init == false){
    init = true;
   else{
    removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, stageAddedHandler);
    // add containers to stage
    main_stage = new MovieClip();
    addChild(main_stage);
    // start app
    startApplication();
public function startApplication():void{
   //trace("here at start");
   // build stage
   build_stage_class.buildStage();
This works 100% for me without using the safeloader in the preloader.swf. I've experienced some issues with the safeloader before so not using it is a blessing.
I hope this helps someone! Enjoy.

Question about the preloader

Hi, All,
I just find a problem in my Flash builder generated .swf file. We used "Merged into code" option when I compiled the project, My preloader was showed just fine.
But if I use "RSL" and also use some exteranlly loaded library files, the preloader will not be shown until near the end of the application downloading. This will make the screen blank during the downloading time. And this will make the Preloader nonsense.
Just wonder someone has experience on it? I cannot find a good soultion on internet. So want to try to post the questions here.
Thanks a lot.

The preloader should show a countdown of the RSLs loading, but then the
actual application won't be as big so the preloader won't show.
There is also an issue where if you put a # in the URL, the preloader will
not be shown.

Do I really need to keep all the preloaded apps that came with my MacbookPro 13'' mid 2010

Do I really need to keep all the preloaded apps that came with my MacbookPro 13'' mid 2010? Which one are necessary to keep from your experience. Thanks

Lots of apps are preloaded on a new MBP. Tell us which ones you don't think you need, and we'll tell you whether you can safely get rid of them.
However, the total space used on your hard drive by all the apps that are preinstalled is very small, and if there's any chance at all that you may eventually want to use them, you might as well keep them handy.
By way of example, my own Applications folder contains everything that came from the factory preinstalled in it, plus 2.5 years of subsequent additions totalling 196 applications of all kinds and sizes. Still, it only occupies 12.5GB of my 500GB hard drive.

Whats up with the Preloader?

Im having trouble compiling my Preloader properly?
This is what ive done:
1) Unzipped StrobeMediaPlayback_1.5-full.zip to a folder called SMP
2) Loaded Preloader and StrobeMediaPlayer projects into FlashBuilder
Changed Config::Logging false for both projects
3) Changed the path for OSMF.swc to SMP\src\framework\OSMF\bin\OSMF.swc for both projects
4) In the StrobeMediaPlayer Project I navigated to:
     src > org.osmf > player > configuration and modified JavaScriptBridge.as and added to line 237
     exposeProperty(strobeMediaPlayback.configuration, "hdAvailable", true);
     src > org.osmf > player > configuration and modified PlayerConfiguration.as and added to line 131
     public var hdAvailable:String = "false";
5) In Preloader Project I modified Preloader.as and added some custom business rules and created a new parameters object to inject a new src file on the fly as well as inject a new parameter called hdAvailable.
6) Built StrobeMediaPlayer Project
7) Built Preloader Project
When I navigated to SMP\src\samples\preloader\bin and inspect the contents I find:
Preloader.html
Preloader.swf
swfobject
I click on Preloader.html and the swf runs okay.
But when I copy the three files to a another location say to my desktop, the swf does not load. I just get the background color showing. Why is that?
Shouldn't I be able to copy the Preloader.swf to wherever I like and have it just run ... ?
Regards,
Rob

Hi Siliviu,
> Usually, SMP and the preloader are compiled with the default build flag -use-network=true. This will prevent access to the local file system.
Okay thanks.
I uploaded to my webserver:
- Preloader.swf (357kb)
- SwfObject.js
- Preloader.html
And everything worked correctly :-)
Where or how do I set -use-network=true??
I tried this in my compile arguments:
-define CONFIG::LOGGING false -define CONFIG::FLASH_10_1 true -use-network=false
but it didn't work? Is my declaration correct Siliviu?
Regards,
Rob

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