# 😕 preloader on CD?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/confused-preloader-on-cd/100894>\
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**Created:** [February 3, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/confused-preloader-on-cd/100894 "2004-02-03T18:50:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![lunatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lunatic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lunatic)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/confused-preloader-on-cd/100894/1 "2004-02-03T18:50:53Z")

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Howdy all,

I have a project where a bit of code will trigger the loading of an external swf that contains an image. The image is quite large - over 3 MB - and everything in the main file seems to freeze for 5 seconds or so while it’s loading, which is quite annoying. I would love to create a preloader for it - or something that indicates that the image is loading to the viewer. However, the searching I’ve done indicates that it is not possible to have a preloader work for something that isn’t on the web (e.g. a CD or just an exe on your machine).

Is this true? :h:

Thanks! :hr: