Loading Progress not work

Question

Dear all,
I am using Flash8.
I create a loading progress as an example showed:
Frame1:
- put a movie named "bar_mc".
- Put this actionscript:
quote:
var pctLoaded:Number =
Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded()/this.getBytesTotal()*100);
bar_mc._xscale = pctLoaded;
Frame2:
- Put this action script:
quote:
if (this.getBytesLoaded() < this.getBytesTotal()) {
this.gotoAndPlay(1);
} else {
this.gotoAndPlay(3);
Frame3 and after that: put images
The example works.
But I got problem with situation:
- From frame3 and after that, I want to attach movie clips in
library instead of putting image directly into frame.
Then loading progress doesn't work any more.
- I found that: when I convert bitmap to movies in library,
loading progress will not work, even I still put images into frames
as above.
- I tried to change load bitmap instead of attach movies in
order to delete movies in library, loading still not work.
quote:
import flash.display.BitmapData;
var linkageId:String = "libraryBitmap";
var myBitmapData:BitmapData =
BitmapData.loadBitmap(linkageId);
trace(myBitmapData instanceof BitmapData); // true
var mc:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("mc",
this.getNextHighestDepth());
mc.attachBitmap(myBitmapData, this.getNextHighestDepth());
- I think it is because images were set linkage (in order to
be specified when load image)
In summary, loading progress in frame1 only work when the
following frames don't contain action script and only put images
without linkages.
What problem did I meet?
How can I load images or movie in following frames and
loading progress still work?
Many thanks,
TuanVo.

Answer 1

no, the only way to instantiate a movieclip that's in the
library is to use attachMovie() and you must have a linkage id to
use attachMovie().
to disable loading before the first first, right click your
movieclip in the library, click linkage and untick export in the
first frame. finally, place that movieclip on the main timeline
(way off-stage, generally) in a frame where you want it to load
(ie, after your preloader) and before you need to attach it.