# External preloader

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-preloader/165245>\
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**Created:** [October 9, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-preloader/165245 "2005-10-09T17:49:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![inniki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e495f1/32.png) [@inniki](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/inniki)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-preloader/165245/1 "2005-10-09T17:49:44Z")

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Hi!

There are many tutorials on how to construct a preloader. But none (that i have found…) that describes how to have it in your main movie (OR as an external swf), controlling if an external movie is loaded.

I want to have a preloader OUTSIDE of the movie that’s being loaded. This is because i don’t want the loaded movie to show right away, first i want to play the end of the current movie. So:

1. click button in current movie
2. load next movie. preloader for next movie comes in on top of current movie, and loads until it reaches 100%. (but the loaded movie doesn’t show up yet.)
3. play outro of current movie
4. play the loaded movie

I want to “trick” the viewer that the outro of the current movie is the intro of the loaded movie, taht’s why i want the preloader before the outro.  
So HOW do i construct an “external” preloader??? Please help! Any suggestions appreciated!

Many thanks/Annika