How to Add Preloader to Flash without Programming?

As the size of your Flash file increases, it may take quite a long time for its loading. Flash Preloader is a very userful tool to inform the viewer how much the content has been loaded.

Creating a preloader for Flash is not that difficult, but it's also not as easy as you have supposed. It requires you several hours or several days for drawing the images, programming and debugging ActionScripts. And sometimes, the task may be quite frustrating and exhausting.

This tutorial will guide you how to add preloader to Flash without any programming and just in minutes.

What You Need:

SWFProtection: The software comes with a free trial, so you can check it out before you buy it. You may download the trial version at http://www.swfprotection.com/download.html

SWFProtection enables you to protect your SWF files from download and decompilers. In addition to these features, the software can also add Preloader to your Flash SWF files without any programming. This tutorial will guide you how to add preloader to Flash with SWFProtection.

  Launch the software, click the button "Add File", browse the SWF files, add them to the file list.

Click the "Preloader" tab, then check the "Add Preloader" option, and select a Preloader from the right drop down list. You can select from a circular Preloader, loading bar or whirly circle. You can further customize the size, color, text and effect of the Preloader in the right properties editor.

  Click the "Output" tab, define how to rename and where to save the generated SWF files.

  Click the button "Protect". And congratulations! You have successfully added Preloader to your Flash SWF file. You can now upload the SWF file to your web server and have a test.