[osflash] "splitting" the load percentage feedback in different stages

[Marcelo de Moraes Serpa]

>As I know, the only way to do that is to use a server-side script that
>return the size of each files you want to load, because in AS the
>getBytesTotal method return the value you want only after calling the
>loadMovie method.

Yes Cédric, that´s what I thought. I guess that implementing such schema
using a server side script to return the total size in bytes of the swf
would be indeed the only way. I´m still thinking on how to find the
bytesLoaded based on this value returned from the server.

Marcelo.

On 7/1/06, Cédric Néhémie <cartel.com at free.fr> wrote:
>
> Hi list,
>
> As I know, the only way to do that is to use a server-side script that
> return the size of each files you want to load, because in AS the
> getBytesTotal method return the value you want only after calling the
> loadMovie method.
>
> In most of cases the queue loading works fine (when you want to load a
> large number of icons, sound loops in a mixer, or sprites for a game
> level) because there isn't too wide differences between files size. But
> if you have big and small files to load in one step I found cleaner to
> do that in 2 steps instead (in general the big files haven't the same
> usage in the apps > background of a game, backround sound of a game:
> big, sprites, effect sounds : small). But if the rhythm of the progress
> is not your preoccupation, so you can use a single queue to load all
> your files.
>
> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:
> > Hmmm... What would be the best way to find and sum the bytesTotal of
> > all the SWF´s in the LibStack (pixlib) and then get the bytesLoaded
> > based on this sum (no on an individual SWF)? Is there a way to do
> > that? This way, I could base the percentage on the total bytes loaded
> > of all the SWF´s in the library preloader instead of basing on the
> > number of SWF´s loaded...
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Marcelo.
> >
> > On 7/1/06, *Weyert de Boer* <mailings at innerfuse.biz
> > <mailto:mailings at innerfuse.biz>> wrote:
> >
> >     You might want to consider using the queueLoader class. This class
> >     will
> >     give a sign when the queue is completed, and for every item
> >     loaded. This
> >     way you can easily make such preloader :)
> >
> >     Yours,
> >     Weyert
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