Preload Content

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This action is used to mark the associated frame as the time when "Preload Content" should be loaded.

Any objects that have their preload option set to "At Preload Frame" will be loaded at this stage. The preload option can be found in the Export Panel of the Object.


Use this Action to instructs the SWiSH Movie to download (or define) a piece of content before it is used. For instance, you may want to make sure a sound is ready to be played before you issue a Play Sound Action, or an image has been downloaded before it is displayed.

To preload an object immediately before the Frame with the Preload Content Action, the preload option of the object has to be set as 'At Preload action'. The preload option can be found in the Export Panel, the properties dialog box of an image fill style and the sound options dialog box.

Note:

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There can be more than one Preload Content Action in a Movie. The Object to be preloaded will be loaded at the closest Frame with the Preload Content Action before its first use. For example, if the Object to be preloaded is first used at Frame 18 and two Preload Content Actions are at Frame 10 and Frame 20, the Object will be loaded at Frame 10

·	The Preload Content action is not required to use content. For example, if a sound has not been preloaded when a Play Sound Action is encountered, the sound will be automatically downloaded

See also Creating a Preloader for further information.

There are no options for the Preload Content Action.