# External Preloader

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-preloader/246808>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 14, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-preloader/246808 "2007-12-14T18:44:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![stormAnimations](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stormAnimations](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stormAnimations)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-preloader/246808/1 "2007-12-14T18:44:07Z")

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I was wondering if anyone has ever done or heard about how to do an external preloader?  
Where you have a swf that loads other swfs into a movieclip and you want to see the preloader for the dynamically loaded swfs in a separate swf? See the illustration:  
 ![](http://www.stormanimations.com/flashhelp/question.gif)  
Thanks.