Preloader - white screen?

[NickelBuckle9]

I know there are a thousand and one forum topics about the white screen that occurs while making a preloader.  However, I can't seem to find one that solves my problem.

I understand that the reason its caused is because my file size on frame 1, the preloader, is too large.  I used the Bandwidth Profiler to confirm this:  154kb.

*Indeed, my frame 1 is too large, causing the white screen for quite a while*

However, the only thing on my frame 1 is a rectangle for the preloader, and a text box for the percentage.  The rest of my movie is on frame 3.  (I left frame 2 blank, because I read that in CS5, sometimes the simulate downloads both frame 1 and 2.

My actionscript settings are set to export to frame 3.

These are the only solutions to the white screen problem I've found on forums    I'm not sure why my frame 1 is 154kb, or how to fix it.

If it helps, I do have quite a large list of embeded external files, as well as 4 or 5 custom classes.  I'm not sure if the embeded files naturally load on frame 1 and could be causing the problem?  Idk.

Any help is much appreciated.

[kglad]

there are two places to export classes in frame 3; in the publish settings and in each exported library item (and that includes your custom classes, embedded fonts and components).

[NickelBuckle9]

I seem to have just changed the ones in the publish settings... where do I find the settings to change them in each item? 

I'm embeding them from an external folder, not the flash library.

[kglad · Accepted solution]

if you're not using flash to embed assets (ie, you're using the embed tag), you can't control when they are loaded so, they'll all load at the start of your app.

[NickelBuckle9]

Hmm... alright  😕

That's unfortunate... I guess I could import to the library and achieve the same thing.  It was just easier to use the embed tag.

[kglad]

you can continue to leave your current set-up, as-is.  just create a stand-alone preloader that loads your current app.