[dan]

I need to create a portfolio section which contains 15 different images. The images will be imported as jpegs from a directory at run time using action script. How do I write a pre-loader for this kind of arrangment? as surlely the script that call the jpegs is only activated when the frame containing it is entered? if so I can't use a frames loaded or bytes loaded method as all the movies frames will be pretty much empty?

Any ideas?

[ewarwoowar]

you could have an empty mc on the stage with another empty mc inside it. the first has a looping preloader that jumps out to a label on the same timeline and works off whatever the second's called (with me still?).

then when you click or whatever to launch the image, tell the first to play from the start (invoking preloader) and in the same script load the image into the second.

i think that should work...i THINK...not certain

[dan]

Alredy Solved it, dynamically duplicated a movie Clip on the stage containing a preloader and loaded into that. Wasn't quite that simple (lots of other things to do) but success... after a day of (admitedly) on off slog