Would an interactive CD-ROM require a preloader?

[pete66]

Hi, the last time I made a preloader was for Flash 5 by doing something like actionscript on the 3rd frame saying "if loaded, play, else, gotoframe(1)".

How necessary is a preloader if I want to make a reasonably simple interactive CD-ROM in Flash CS3?

Also, what's the basic, standard methodology for creating preloaders in CS3?

Thanks very much
Pete

[eudora]

I dont think you need cos all files should be local unless you are accessing them from the web through that cdrom which I dont think anyone would do so..

[dthought]

Just be aware that loading in some items such as images, XML, videos and the like can take a few 'frames' of Flash time, so it would still be a best practice to ensure that content you have loaded in has actually loaded before you start to manipulate it. You don't have to show a preloader for it, but you do have to ensure it's been loaded :)