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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript classes > MovieClip > _framesloaded (MovieClip._framesloaded property)

_framesloaded (MovieClip._framesloaded property)

The number of frames that are loaded from a streaming SWF file. This property is useful for determining whether the contents of a specific frame, and all the frames before it, are loaded and are available locally in the browser. It is also useful for monitoring the downloading of large SWF files. For example, you might want to display a message to users indicating that the SWF file is loading until a specified frame in the SWF file has finished loading.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4

Example

The following example uses the _framesloaded property to start a SWF file when all the frames are loaded. If all the frames aren't loaded, the _xscale property of the bar_mc movie clip instance is increased proportionally to create a progress bar.

Enter the following ActionScript in Frame 1 of the Timeline:

var pctLoaded:Number = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded()/this.getBytesTotal()*100);
bar_mc._xscale = pctLoaded;

Add the following code on Frame 2:

if (this._framesloaded < this._totalframes) {
    this.gotoAndPlay(1);
} else {
    this.gotoAndStop(3);
}

Place your content on or after Frame 3. Then add the following code on Frame 3:

stop();

See also

MovieClipLoader

Flash CS3