# Delayed Display of the Preloader

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-display-of-the-preloader/170230>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 23, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-display-of-the-preloader/170230 "2005-11-23T22:05:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![CBarraford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d9b06d/32.png) [@CBarraford](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CBarraford)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-display-of-the-preloader/170230/1 "2005-11-23T22:05:43Z")

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Hi Everyone,  
I am making a flash website and I have a preloader. The problem is that the preloader doesnt display until the first frame (70KB) is downloaded. Is there a way I can get it to display from the get go?

I searched the forums and haven’t found a working answer. Thanks

-Chad