Action Scripting problem (creating a preloader in flash)

I purchased a preloader on Flash den and it's perfect for what I need but it doesn't have a percent loaded half of the preloader just an animation.....so I attempted to create the percent loaded half. I added a layer (called text) and then added a dynamic text filed with a var to referance to in the AS that I added but when I simulated it,it doesn't work!?! Can anyone please help me?? I would be more then willing to send the FLA file for someone to look at and let me know where I am going wrong. I am pretty new to flash and am more on the design side of things so i'm going nuts trying to figure this out. If no one is willing to do it free as a learning experience for me to see how it was done, I will be willing to paypal someone money.

thanks ahead of time to anyone willing to help me!

give your text field an instance name and make sure you embed your fonts.

Next look in the actionscript for "getBytesLoaded". It will probably have something about the bar in that area.

then add

hmmmm I tried that and it's still not working....here is what my actionscript was looking like:

_root.myPercentLoaded = Math.round(_root.getBytesLoaded()/_root.getBytesTotal()*100);

TextBox.text = Math.round((_root.getBytesLoaded()/_root.getBytesTotal())*100);

does anything show in the textbox?

no, not at all....I even checked to make sure it was a easily readable color just for test purposes

did you embed the fonts? If so Make sure the path is correct to the textfield (use the little target at the top of the script window) and remove the variable name from the textfield.

yeah and I removed the variable name since I added the instance name

lol i'm pretty surprised that it's stil not working!

Can you post an fla for us to look at?

Could you post the fla file or send via pm So i can look for it.