Hi Deep SORRY ABOUT THE DELAY BUT HAVE BEEN OUT OF TOWN try'd the plugins thingy but no joy the code for the first 2 frames are as follows it may be some thing silly thaqt im over looking tanks dave frame 1
set (ver=eval("$version"), "");
if (ver.substring(4, 5)>=4) {
gotoAndPlay (2);
} else {
gotoAndPlay ("end");
}

frame 2
loadVariablesNum ("SkydiveNelson byte.dat", 0);


frame3
if (Number(_level0:bytedata_loaded) == Number(true)) {
if (Number(_totalframes)<>Number(_level0:frame_total) ) {
error = "wrong byte-datafile!";
stop ();
}
while (Number(x)<=Number_(_level0:frame_total)) {
ins_bytes = ins_bytes+eval("_level0:" add x);
x = Number(x)+1;
}
ins_bytes_show = ins_bytes add " bytes";
gotoAndPlay (5);
}

frame4
gotoAndPlay (3);

frame5
time_by_show = int(getTimer()/1000) add " seconds";
percentloaded1 = int((100/_totalframes)*_framesloaded);
percentloaded = percentloaded1 add " % loaded";
tellTarget ("/loader") {
gotoAndStop (_level0ercentloaded1);
}
bytes_loaded = "";
y = 1;
while (Number(y)<=Number_(_framesloaded)) {
bytes_loaded = bytes_loaded+eval("_level0:" add y);
y = Number(y)+1;
}
bytes_loaded_show = bytes_loaded add " bytes loaded";
ifFrameLoaded (_totalframes) {
gotoAndStop (7);
}
frame6
gotoAndPlay (5);

frame7
play ();