Webmaster Forum / Flash / Flash Actionscript / October 2008

Hello.

I have a home page that loads several flv's. I am also trying to give the user
the ability to view the page without video. When the user clicks a button on
the home page, it sets a cookie that reloads the page with a different swf file
that does not contain any flv's. However, since it takes a second or two for
the cookie to be read, the initial swf has started loading, and even though the
entire swf is swapped out with the "video-less" swf, those original flv's
continue to load in the background, slowing everything down even though the
user wants no part of the video. Any ideas how to solve this?

fyi, another feature of the home page shares a similar problem. The user is to
select one of 3 "personal assistants" who will be their guide through the rest
of the site. Once they've selected, another cookie is set. Each time they
return, the initial swf checks for a cookie, and then displays a static image
of the character they have selected. At this point, I am also trying to
"unload" all of the swfs, but they still load in the background. I have tried
both "unloadMovie(movieName);" and "stream_ns.Clear();".

the site may be seen here:

http://www.firstent.org

Thanks in advance!