MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT Reference Manual page 200

To display download progress using the ProgressBar component:
In a new Flash document, create a movie clip on the Stage and name it
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Open the Components panel (Window > Development Panels > Components).
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Drag a ProgressBar component from the Components panel to the Stage.
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In the Property inspector, give the ProgressBar component the name
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Parameters tab, select Manual from the Mode pop-up menu.
Select Frame 1 in the Timeline and then open the Actions panel (Window > Development
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Panels > Actions).
Add the following code to the Actions panel:
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// create both a MovieClipLoader object and a listener object
myLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
myListener = new Object();
// add the MovieClipLoader callbacks to your listener object
myListener.onLoadStart = function(clip) {
// this event is triggered once, when the load starts
pBar.label = "Now loading: " + clip;
};
myListener.onLoadProgress = function(clip, bytesLoaded, bytesTotal) {
var percentLoaded = int (100*(bytesLoaded/bytesTotal));
pBar.setProgress(bytesLoaded, bytesTotal);
};myLoader.addListener(myListener);
myLoader.loadClip("veryLargeFile.swf", target_mc);
Test the document by selecting Control > Test Movie.
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For more information, see the
Dictionary," on page
200 Chapter 11: Working with External Media
MovieClipLoader class
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target_mc
pBar
entry in Chapter 12, "ActionScript
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