This tutorial will show you how to create very effective and advanced preloader with Action Script. Preloader includes: loaded bytes, total bytes, percent and progerss bar component.
In this tutorial I will show you how to get mouse position information. I know this is not very usefull now but when you comprehend the structure of this exercise you can easely make flash movie in which the some objects following the mouse cursor by reading mouse position coordinates.
one of the most stunning applications of Macromedia Flash is that you can create your very own game, i found it marvelous back when i made my first one. its worth sharing the easy tricks i took making one of my games, "Fishing Season". the name says it all, its a fishing game.
Learn how to create a very simple preloader for your flash files. This article is done in Flash 5 but also applies to Flash 4. The preloader is essential to prevent partial loading of the movie while it plays. A preloader is usually made attractive to the viewer to keep him/her occupied while another movie or some data is loaded in the background.