[Xerte] Re: Display pre-loading graphic

[Julian Tenney]

I think the idea was to show that something is loading: you could switch out whitePanel.swf for another swf with a message in it.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp Johnathan
Sent: 28 July 2011 09:53
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Display pre-loading graphic

This is an off the top of the head idea - that is I have'nt tried it out.

The panel is a graphic icon with a swf as its url.

It should be possible to set the panel graphic icon's visible property to false and then set it to true by an on load event triggered by the loading of your swf, that way I would expect the panel not to show until your swf had finished loading.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 28 July 2011 06:13, Deborah Delin <admin at strivney.com<mailto:admin at strivney.com>> wrote:
Hi,

I am using the Text Flash SWF Wizards template.  When entering a new page one sees the white panel while the SWF loads.  Sometimes the delay is quite long and I'm worried users will think it's not working and give up.  I tried a couple of methods of adding pre-loaders to the SWF's but it seems that idea isn't compatible with Xerte.

In an old post Pat suggested:

Might an idea be to overlay a graphic over your interface, and look for

a loaded event on the interface to hide this graphic?



That might be solving the problem with a new problem though.

Is this a viable idea or is there another way to display a loading graphic on the blank white panel while the SWF loads? If so could someone kindly explain (step by step please) how I could do it?

Thanks in advance,

Deborah


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