# \[FMX\] preloader help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-preloader-help/29317>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 25, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-preloader-help/29317 "2003-08-25T18:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maizoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Maizoon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maizoon)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-preloader-help/29317/1 "2003-08-25T18:00:00Z")

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So I used this tuturial .[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm)  
for the preloader, which works and everythings fine. I added a menu item to the .fla and now the preloader doesn’t work when I test (control + enter twice) It loads the entire movie, then flashes the preloader (thinking cuz its only two frames) then shows the movie. Any ideas on what the problem is? I even went so far as to nuke the preloader I put in and redo and its doing the same thing

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-preloader-help/29317/2 "2003-08-25T19:55:05Z")

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Well when you preview it, it loads instantly (or really really fast since its off your hard drive). Thats why the preloader doesnt show. Try uploading it to the web and viewing it there.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-preloader-help/29317/3 "2003-08-25T23:23:34Z")

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It does the same thing, and when you do control+enter twice it simulates as if it was loading from a 56k. The movie is almost a meg…there should be something, but I get a blank screen until the movie is fully loaded, then it flashes the loader bar then goes into the movie. It works in all my other movies, but this one. Its a little aggravating because I don’t understand what is wrong.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-preloader-help/29317/4 "2003-08-26T06:40:18Z")

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Since your movie is ‘almost a meg’ have you got sounds and compoenets in your library that are used via linkage? If so, flash loads all these items before the first frame, and that means before the preloader.

What have you got in your movie?

Regards,  
Viru.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-preloader-help/29317/5 "2003-08-27T15:42:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by kO2n \*  
> \*\*Since your movie is ‘almost a meg’ have you got sounds and compoenets in your library that are used via linkage? If so, flash loads all these items before the first frame, and that means before the preloader.

That’s interesting because I’m having a similar problem with a preloader. Instead of it displaying from 0%, the screen is just blank for a while then appears when it’s at about 47%. So that’s because of the linked assets? How can you make it so the preloader displays from the beginning?  
The assets are only linked to export for actionscript.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-preloader-help/29317/6 "2003-08-27T17:27:37Z")

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Right click on the item and select ‘Linkage’ then uncheck the arrow that says export in first frame.

Viru.