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php, Jscript, or Ascript: pre-loa...

Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 10:47 pm
by dsdsdsdsd
hello;
I wish to apply a pre-loader with a Flash AScript getURL() command; I have successfully apllied them to Flash AScript loadMovie()'s and such but I am not sure where to begin for the getURL();
any thoughts?

as far as it goes, is the term 'pre-loader', used to describe a load status using a status bar or whatever, correct terminology?

thanks
Shannon Burnett

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 7:58 am
by Gen-ik
Hi, do you mean you want a loading-screen for an HTML/PHP page instead of a Flash movie?

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 9:47 am
by igoy
Yeh, That's what it sounds like.....

getURL() will open a new browser window or a page in browser, Not inside Flash Movie . Having said that, I don't see how you want to create pre-loader in Flash for HTML/PHP page.

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 9:50 am
by Draco_03
the only thing you can make is something like a page that loads another html with a flash in it,... but i just said something that was obvious...

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:46 pm
by Gen-ik
There are a couple of ways of doing it but the one thing that you will need to know in order to create an HTML/PHP preloader is how many images/files you have in the page you want to load up.

You also don't need Flash to create an HTML preloader, you just need a some JavaScript skills and a bit of CSS knowledge.

To be honest having a preloader on an HTML page is not really a sound thing to do unless you intend to have a shed load of images on the page.. or a shed load of pre-loaded images.

But, if you really need a preloader on your HTML page drop me an email at si@urbanchaos.net and I'll walk you through it.

If you want a Flash preloader for an HTML page then it gets a bit more complex but again isn't impossible to do. You will need to know how to get JavaScript and ActionScript 'talking' to each other with FSCommands.

Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 9:38 am
by igoy
That's Right Gen-ik, but then isn't it same like what you said :
To be honest having a preloader on an HTML page is not really a sound thing to do unless you intend to have a shed load of images on the page.. or a shed load of pre-loaded images.
frankly, if you are using dreamweaver (which I guess you do), then you can download an extension which creates HTML preloader...

link : http://www.yaromat.com/dw/index.php

also you can use simple layer with 100% width & height, and hide it using javascript in Body onLoad event.