1-Make your short movie at will load fast make it aleast two frames long.
2-put it ant the begining of the movie you need the preloader for.
3-select keyframe 1 in the preloader frame. (make sure that the flash you need the preloader for is after the preloader)
4-in the preloader frame, from the add statement menu, choose Basic Actions>If Frame Is Loaded. Flash updates the action list with the following code:
ifFrameLoaded(){
}
5-in the Parameters pane. set the following parameters:
* in the Scene field, enter
<current scene>.
*form the Type menu, choose Frame Number.
*In the text field enter the last frame of the movie.
EXP. if the movie is 100 frames long, you'd type 100
6-with the ifFrameLoaded(){ selected in the Actions list, from the Add Statement menu, choose Basic Actions>Go To.
Flash adds gotoAndPlay(1) to the actions list
7-in the Parameters pane. set the following parameters:
* in the Scene field, enter
<current scene>.
*form the Type menu, choose Frame Number.
*In the text field enter the first frame of the movie.
EXP. if the movie is 100 frames long, you'd type 100
8-go to the last keyframe of the preloader, in the same frame, Add Statement menu, choose Go To.
9-with the gotoAndPlay(); selected in the Actions List, in the Parameters pane, set the following parameters:
* in the Scene field, enter
<current scene>.
*form the Type menu, choose Frame Number.
*In the text field enter the first frame of the preloader.
Hope that is what you wanted. If not just let me know.. Sam@melocco.com
