Flash
 ActionScript

The value of scaleX in AS3 is different to AS2. In AS3 0.0 equals 0% and 1.0 equals 100%

It would be better to set the width instead of the scaleX value:

[as]width = stage.stageWidth * ( 1.0 / totalLoaded );[/as]

Off topic, but you should try to get out of the habit of prefixing your variables with $ because that is just a PHP thing. Prefixing methods with an underscore is also a bit odd.

or he can just divide by 100.

[AS]
scaleX = totalLoaded / 100;
[/AS]

as far as prefixing, that’s just user preference. i use underscores and $ quite often ($ for private static/constants, underscore for private vars). some prefer to have coding standards to make development in a team environment easier. to me, as long as you’re not obfuscating your variable names too much, it doesn’t really matter if you prefix variables with special legal characters.

In Isocase’s code dividing by 100 wouldn’t have worked because the value of totalLoaded is the stage width, or will be when the load progress is complete. It isn’t a percentage.

As for prefixing variables with $ then yes, that is personal preference, but it is going to be a nightmare for anyone else who may need to debug/modify the code. If you don’t work with other developers though then I guess it doesn’t make much difference if you use $ or not.

Thanks Nutrox and Sentinels. I forgot how in AS3 0 equals 0% and 1 equals 100%. Kinda like how alpha values are between 0 - 1.

When I first started coding the person teaching me would always use $ for his parameters (I think he learned that from BigSpaceship) just so its easy to find. AS well as using underscore for private vars and methods. But if I am working with other Devs I will take it into consideration.

Maybe I am just tired or feeling stupid after my flag football game but what am I doing wrong

[AS]
private function _onLoadProgress($evt:ProgressEvent):void
  {
  var totalLoaded:Number = Math.floor($evt.bytesLoaded /  $evt.bytesTotal * stage.stageWidth);
 
  width = stage.stageWidth * ( 1.0 / totalLoaded );
  trace(width);
  }
[/AS]

This is what gets traced out:
[AS]
327680
327680
327680
327680
327680
327680
327680
327680
327680
327680
327680
327680
900
327680
900
[/AS]

My stage is set at 900.

I was finally able to get his working. I tried using what Nutrox posted but as you can see above I was getting some weird stuff traced out. I did change from using scaleX to width and below is what works

[AS]
private function _onLoadProgress($evt:ProgressEvent):void
  {
  var totalLoaded:Number = Math.floor($evt.bytesLoaded /  $evt.bytesTotal * stage.stageWidth);
 
  width = totalLoaded;
  trace(“totalLoaded: ” + totalLoaded);
  }
[/AS]