# Basic preloader question. If you load a swf into an alpha'd out mc...and then

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**Created:** [April 23, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-preloader-question-if-you-load-a-swf-into-an-alphad-out-mc-and-then/258323 "2008-04-23T02:37:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-preloader-question-if-you-load-a-swf-into-an-alphad-out-mc-and-then/258323/1 "2008-04-23T02:37:05Z")

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do a loadMovie command again…shouldn’t it load in instantly?

I mean, if I load a swf into an mc that is set to zero alpha, and then I load it in again but this time so that it is visible…shouldn’t it already be in the cache?

I am finding that whenever I do a loadMovie command…it is taking way longer then it should be. Seeing that the swf in question should have been ‘preloaded’. I have a loader bar on the swf in question, and it is only a couple hundred k.

Am i missing something here?

What is a better way to do this?