Flash Site Design - Forms and preloader

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Forms and preloader - Flash MX Prof

jaded5150

2004-03-19, 6:29 pm

Alright, using the new FlashMX Professional you can make a web page using
forms. Well, the standard preloader I used to have isn't really working with
the forms - timelines don't exactly behave the same. So here's the question(s):

-How can you have a preloader for Screen/Form style movies?
-Is it needed? Unsure really if the page is loading all screens at once or if
it's loaded in as you choose to move from form to form.
-Anyone have any examples of this? Is the preloader just in another movie
which loads your form movie or is the form preloader actually in the same movie?

Anyone who has messed with Screen/Forms for a webpage, any input would be nice.

jaded5150

2004-03-22, 6:32 pm

Any ideas anyone?

luke257

2004-03-30, 9:08 pm

This is just typical of MM.
Flash forms / slides add 70kb to your movie.
Dont have preloaders.. Run slower..
You have use numbers to access forms that you assigned names too.
When i first saw them I thought they would rid me of the timeline but I just
get a hole new load of problems..
My advice.. Stay away.
And another thing.. Flash IDE for building RIAs .. Thats a joke..