javascript open while loading

**xxtoni** · 22 April, 2010, 15:31 PM

Greetings

I need a bit of help with a page I am making.I want it to work like this:
while a flash file loads in the background a shadowbox overlayer should open as soon as you enter the page.
I tried

window.onload = function() {

But it only loads the file AFTER flash finished loading.So my question is how do i make javascript load a file while the page is loading in the background.
Hope someone can help me

Kind Regards
Antony

**Will.Spencer** · 22 April, 2010, 17:59 PM

You can cause onLoad to call two functions by separating them with a semicolon:

Code:

<window onLoad="function('arg'); function('arg')">

Or, what about moving the shadowbox overlayer to a body OnLoad statement?

Code:

<body onLoad="function('arg')">

Or, what about writing an init function?

Code:

<script type="text/javascript">
function init()
{
function('arg');
function('arg');
}
//-->
</script>

You can then call your init function in body:

Code:

<body onLoad="init()">

**xxtoni** · 22 April, 2010, 19:53 PM

First of all I want to thank you for your reply.I hope this doesent sound too iritating but how do i apply these ?

At the moment this is the code I use:

Code:

Shadowbox.init({
    skipSetup: true
});

window.onload = function() {

    // open a welcome message as soon as the window loads
    Shadowbox.open({
		player:     "iframe",
	    content:    'script/index.html',		   
    });

};

**anantshri** · 23 April, 2010, 22:39 PM

just an alternate suggestion

try loading flash throught documentation - swfobject - Embedding Adobe Flash Player content using SWFObject 2 - Project Hosting on Google Code

and in that case you can very well use javascript to control both stuff simultaneously.

hope this helps