Our Ultimate Preloader is completely self contained in a single movie clip and will allow you to provide preliminary content for your Flash animation, The preloader will normally be placed in the first frame of your movie where you also need to place a Stop action. When the preload conditions have been met the preloader will issue a Tell Target command to the main timeline to start playing and your main animation will begin from the frame following the preloader. The two conditions that determine how long the preloader will play are: if the frame that needs to be loaded (LoadCheck) is loaded. and if the minimum number of plays (LoopMin) has been completed. You can also set whether you want your preload events to play in random order or sequentially (RandomSetting).

Overview:
The preloader needs to be placed on the main timeline of your movie but it does not need to be placed in the first frame, but wherever you place it you will need a Stop action in that frame. For instance, you could bring in other elements before you start your preloader as we did by fading in the border in our demo.

To prepare the preloader for your use there are several things to do:

1) Copy the Preloader to the frame you want (usually 1) and place a blank keyframe in the next frame.
2) Place a stop Action in the same frame (on the Actions layer) as your preload MC.
3) Start your content in the next frame of your movie.
4) Supply your own preliminary content in the Quotes MC.
5) Modify the Tween for your desired timing and needs.
6) Adjust the Settings.

Modify the Tween:
The 'Tween for Quotes MC' provides a common tween setup for all your quotes (or other objects). You can modify this tween as needed to provide the timing and the effect you want while the preloader transitions between your quotes.

Modify the "Quotes" MC (your preliminary content):
The Quotes MC is where you place your individual quotes or other preliminary content elements. Each frame contains the quote or element for one event. The number of frames you want to use is set in the Quotes variable in the Settings. In our sample we have 25 quotes but you can have more or less depending on your needs and of course they can be any object. These individual items can also be movie clips that can animate, but remember this is a preloader so you want to keep the bytes small. Otherwise you could end up needing a preloader for your preloader.

Settings Setup:
There are 4 settings in this Preload Plug and Play MC. They are all located in the first frame of the Settings layer in the Preloader MC

Set RandomSetting =1 for random and RandomSetting =0 for sequential (non-random) play.

LoopMin is the minimum number of preload content events your viewer will see regardless of the loading time.

Set Quotes equal to the total number of quotes you want to use.

Set LoadCheck to the frame that needs to be loaded before starting the main content. If the minimum number of preload content events that have been displayed is less than the value set in LoopMin. The preliminary content will continue until the your visitor has seen the minimum.