Hands-On: Flash MX 2004 Movie Loader Component
The Loader component is a container that can display a .swf or a .jpg. You can scale the contents of the loader, or resize the loader itself, to accommodate your needs. By default, the contents are scaled to fit. This will hold the Pre-Loader Movie and a Progress Bar as well for another exercise.
Exercise 38: Adding a Loader Component to a Movie
- Open the Components panel.
- Click the UI Components expand plus mark [+] to open its contents.
Drag
the Loader component onto the Stage. - Select the new Loader component with the mouse.
- Select the Free Transform tool to size the Loader to the dimensions
of the image file.
- Open the Component Inspector panel
In the
Parameters tab enter the path to the .swf or .jpg file in the contentPath value
field. - Click the Control menu, and then click Test Movie, or hit [Control] + [Enter]
Flash displays the selected image or .swf file in the Loader Component. Notice a new and welcome change in MX2004, the Test Movie screen is now a Tab that you can click at the top of the screen. Now you can test and return to the Flash MX 2004 Stage by clicking the Tab.
