REPOST: Progress Bar Component Problem

[Kathy]

(UPDATE....several others have verified that the ProgressBar/Loader
component does not work in IE 6....however works perfect in Test Movie
Mode, NN, Firefox, Opera. Does anyone know how to make it work in IE???)

I've been researching this on the web and MM site for several days and
have not been able to find a fix.

I followed a few tutorials on how to use the MX 2004 ProgressBar and
Loader components to load an external SWF. Here is the URL to the movie
I created:

[url]http://www.lvsonline.com/wk5component-progressBar.html[/url]
[url]http://www.lvsonline.com/wk5component-progressBar.fla[/url]

NOTE: The fla is just a movie that contains the ProgressBar and Loader
components which loads an external swf file. It's 3 layers (action,
ProgressBar, Loader) contains just one keyframe each.

The code in frame 1 is:
// create event listener object for checkbox
myLoaderListener = new Object();

// click event handler
myLoaderListener.complete = function ( eventObject )
{
myProgressBar._visible = false;
}

// register the event listener
myLoader.addEventListener("complete", myLoaderListener);

The ProgressBar component has an instance name of myProgressBar with
these parameters:
conversion = 1
direction = right
label = Loading%3%%
labelPlacement = bottom
mode = event
source = myLoader

The Loader component has an instance name of myLoader and has these
parameters:
autoLoad = true
contentPath = wk5PhotoGallery.swf (name of external movie to be loaded
which is 131 kb in file size).
scaleContent = false


The ProgressBar works perfect in Test Movie > Simulate Download, in my
NN 7.1 and in my NN 4.76. It fails to work in my IE 6.0.2600....the
progress bar appears for a few seconds and remains at 0%. Then
disappears and a blank page is displayed until the external movie is loaded.

In my research, I came across 2 other movies with the ProgressBar/Loader
components which get the same results that mine does....they work fine
in NN 7.1 and NN 4.76 but fails in IE 6.0.2600:

This one:
[url]http://www.virtualclues.com/tutorials/Flash/progressbar/example.htm[/url]

And this one:
[url]http://flash.trainingfromthesource.com/bookstore_content.html[/url]
(bug topic in TFTS forum):
[url]http://trainingfromthesource.com/forum/index.php?s=9995346e364f03e0a892f15d5153cef4&showt opic=17[/url]

My questions are:
1. In the 3 movies above, are you able to see the ProgressBar and is it
working....do you see the bar fill from 0 to 100% then the external file
loads? (Those on highspeed may not see it). Please advise which browsers
you checked them in and the results.

2. Is anyone else having trouble getting consistent results when using
the ProgressBar/Loader components to load an external file?

3. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks in advance,
Kat

[Laiverd.COM]

IE6.0.2800 > no problems here

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[Kathy]

Thanks Laiverd.COM....this just gets weirder and weirder. I thought I
had it narrowed down to an IE problem. The progress bar didn't work in
my associates IE 6.02800, but it works in yours. Strange.

Kat


Laiverd.COM wrote:

> IE6.0.2800 > no problems here
>

[ecsurfer]

This info wont help you, but it's what i've realized using MX04... Some of the
components are crap, they signficantly increase your file size and it's hard to
change the 'Look' of them... I aborted on them till they improve them.

[Kathy]

I have a feeling you are right...I am not getting consistent results
across the board in IE with the pbar component and have had problems
with the scrollbar component in IE as well. They seem to work fine in
other browsers though...so could it be an ActiveX issue?

My husband just checked in his IE 6.02800 version and it didn't work,
but yet it worked for Laiverd.COM and one of my associates in the same
version. Yet for another assoicate it did not work. Can't figure it
out...and have spent way too much time on this trying.

Kat

ecsurfer wrote:

> This info wont help you, but it's what i've realized using MX04... Some of the
> components are crap, they signficantly increase your file size and it's hard to
> change the 'Look' of them... I aborted on them till they improve them.
>