[Javascript] Preloader is not showed up.

[David Lovering]

Yes, but I understood that the follow-on dealt with accessing the Flash
object inside a form using JavaScript.  It may very well have been ME that
mis-read the primary focus of the message!

-- Dave Lovering

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Tifer" <christ at saeweb.com>
To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Javascript] Preloader is not showed up.


> I believe the original poster was asking a Flash question - not much to do
> with JavaScript.  Or was I just mistaken in my understanding of the
> question?
>
> Chris Tifer
> http://emailajoke.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lovering" <dlovering at gazos.com>
> To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 9:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [Javascript] Preloader is not showed up.
>
>
> > I haven't run all the permutations, but the text field creator needs to
be
> a
> > client of a form (at least if we're presuming this is canonical
> > W3C-compliant), and the child function presumes that the working form is
a
> > child of a frame.  My experience tells me that "_parent" construct
doesn't
> > always work well, as it simply presumes that the parent frame of the
> object
> > in question is what is required -- and if you are deep within a frame,
> this
> > simply points back to the frame you are already in  (at least in the
MSIE
> > circumstances I am familiar with).  I would suggest experimenting with
> > methods such as
> >
> > var frame_doc =
> > window.parent.parent.top.document.frames["my-target-frame"].document
> >
> > in order to define the pointer to another frame in a complicated
> multi-frame
> > environment.  Obviously, "my-target-frame" will correspond to the
name/id
> of
> > the real frame you want to jump into.  If the frames are anonymous, you
> can
> > simply use indexes, i.e;
> >
> > var frame_doc = window.parent.parent.top.document.frames[3].document
> >
> > just as an example.  This is the only mechanism I can think of which
would
> > cause the script to work in one frame, but not in another.  The
> > 'parent.parent' trick forces the DOM map pointer to move beyond the
> current
> > frame in a nested-frame environment, (which may not be absolutely
> necessary
> > in every instance), and the "top" reference moves to the ultimate parent
> > document after we've navigated to the top of the frame stack.
> >
> > Also, remember that each frame is (to a large extent) a whole new
> document,
> > and that not every function, definition, etc. will necessarily appear
> > globally referenced within them.  I'd suggest putting some existence
> > checkers in the top of each of your functions in order to make certain
> that
> > the necessary objects/frames/forms are appearing properly.
> >
> > Another thing to ensure is that the preloader script is always launched
> > (presumably by an event handler) underneath an object which is capable
of
> > spawning a child text field -- most notably a form or a table.  If
"this"
> > devolves to something that CAN'T spawn a text field, then you're hosed
> right
> > there.
> >
> > Mind you, all this is the result of a very quick overview, and I might
> have
> > overlooked something.
> >
> > -- Dave Lovering
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Prabu Subroto" <prabusubroto at yahoo.com>
> > To: "JavaScript Milis" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 2:35 AM
> > Subject: [Javascript] Preloader is not showed up.
> >
> >
> > > Dear my friends....
> > >
> > > I wrote this actionsript to show up a preloader :
> > > this.createTextField("texte", 100, 0, -20, 100, 20);
> > >  texte.multiline = false;
> > >  texte.wordWrap = false;
> > >  texte.border = true;
> > >  myFormat = new TextFormat();
> > >  myFormat.bold = true;
> > >  myFormat.font = "Arial";
> > >  myFormat.align = "center";
> > >  myFormat.size = 12
> > >  this.createEmptyMovieClip("bar", 102);
> > >  bar.beginFill(0x6600FF, 40);
> > >  bar.moveTo(0, -20);
> > >  bar.lineTo(100, -20);
> > >  bar.lineTo(100, 0);
> > >  bar.lineTo(0, 0);
> > >  bar.lineTo(0, -20);
> > >  bar.endFill();
> > >  this.onEnterFrame = function() {
> > >  charge =
> > >
> > > Math.round((_level0.getBytesLoaded())/(_level0.getBytesTotal())*100);
> > >  pour = Math.round(charge) add " % - LAM AG";
> > >  texte.text = pour;
> > >  texte.setTextFormat(myFormat);
> > >  bar._xscale = Math.round(charge);
> > >  if (_level0.getBytesLoaded() ==
> > > _level0.getBytesTotal()) {
> > >  _parent.nextFrame();
> > >  }
> > >  stop();
> > >  };
> > >
> > > I put this script onto frame 1 (1st frame) and if I do
> > > TestMovie than lookslike this script works properly.
> > > But than if I put it onto the 1-st frame of my movie
> > > (intro.swf) than I can not see the preloader anymore.
> > > My movie that contents the preloader actionscript is
> > > already uploaded on my domain but still doesn't
> > > display the preloader program.
> > >
> > > I put the script onto the 1-st frame of the layer
> > > which I located on the top position so I think it is
> > > not because the preloader is covered by other
> > > layers...
> > >
> > > Please tell me why. Thank you very much in advance.
> > >
> > > Greetings...
> > >
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