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idleLoadDone()

Syntax

idleLoadDone(loadTag)

Description

Function; reports whether all cast members with the given tag have been loaded (TRUE) or are still

waiting to be loaded (FALSE).

Example

This statement checks whether all cast members whose load tag is 20 have been loaded and then

plays the movie Kiosk if they are:

if idleLoadDone(20) then play movie("on idle")

See also

idleHandlerPeriod, idleLoadMode, idleLoadPeriod, idleLoadTag, idleReadChunkSize

idleLoadMode

Syntax

the idleLoadMode

Description

System property; determines when the preLoad and preLoadMember commands try to load cast

members during idle periods according to the following values:

• 0—Does not perform idle loading

• 1—Performs idle loading when there is free time between frames

• 2—Performs idle loading during idle events

• 3—Performs idle loading as frequently as possible

The

idleLoadMode system property performs no function and works only in conjunction with

the preLoad and preLoadMember commands.

Cast members that were loaded using idle loading remain compressed until the movie uses them.

When the movie plays back, it may have noticeable pauses while it decompresses the

cast members.

Example

This statement causes the movie to try as frequently as possible to load cast members designated

for preloading by the

preLoad and preLoadMember commands:

the idleLoadMode = 3