Let's ditch the template.
Any time you want to load something, AS3 has a few classes depending on what type of content and how you want to load it.
You want to load a SWF so I'll keep it briefly to that. All I see your template doing is updating a textfield with a percent loaded and then going to the next frame. We'll do the same.
This is called a stub in short terms. A very small SWF file that loads instantly which loads another SWF.
Open a new AS3 document. On frame 1 of layer 1, click the frame. Go in the Actions panel. Put this in there, and I'll comment it so you know what I'm doing.
// importing necessary classes
import flash.display.Loader; // this actually loads the SWF and is also a displayable object which will contain the SWF
import flash.events.Event; // this event lets us know when loading is complete
import flash.events.ProgressEvent; // this event gives us feedback on progress while preloading
import flash.text.TextField; // this lets us make a TextField but we'll be using the users OS fonts (not embedding one)
import flash.net.URLRequest; // this makes a request to a specific file or url (the SWF)
// first create a text field and align it to the center of the screen 200px wide
var myText:TextField = new TextField();
addChild(myText); // add it to the display list so it's visible
myText.width = 200;
myText.x = Math.round((stage.stageWidth - 200) / 2); // position in center horizontally
myText.y = Math.round((stage.stageHeight - myText.height) / 2); // position in center vertically
// now lets create our Loader which will do the loading of the SWF
var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
// tell flash what events this loader needs to let us know about, progress and complete
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete); // listen for complete
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, onProgress); // listen for, you guessed it, progress
// start the load process
// NOTE: the functions defined below will fire off as soon as this next line is run to handle progress and complete
myLoader.load(new URLRequest("somefile.swf")); // replace the filename with your SWF or a path/to/your.swf
// progress event listener onProgress
function onProgress(e:ProgressEvent):void
{
myText.text = "Loaded: " + Math.round((e.bytesLoaded / e.bytesTotal) * 100); // overwrite text in textfield with percent loaded
}
// complete event listener which will actually add the SWF to the stage
function onComplete(e:Event):void
{
// clean up the progress text, we don't need it
removeChild(myText);
myText = null;
// display the new SWF
addChild(myLoader);
}
It may seem like a lot but remove the comments and it's just a tiny bit of code. Like so:
import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
var myText:TextField = new TextField();
addChild(myText);
myText.width = 200;
myText.x = Math.round((stage.stageWidth - 200) / 2);
myText.y = Math.round((stage.stageHeight - myText.height) / 2);
var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, onProgress);
myLoader.load(new URLRequest("somefile.swf"));
function onProgress(e:ProgressEvent):void
{
myText.text = "Loaded: " + Math.round((e.bytesLoaded / e.bytesTotal) * 100);
}
function onComplete(e:Event):void
{
removeChild(myText);
myText = null;
addChild(myLoader);
}
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