# GIF as placeholder until SWF loads? Via Java, maybe?

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 8, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gif-as-placeholder-until-swf-loads-via-java-maybe/178145 "2006-02-08T02:07:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![decisionman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/decisionman/32/1673_2.png) [@decisionman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/decisionman)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gif-as-placeholder-until-swf-loads-via-java-maybe/178145/1 "2006-02-08T02:07:18Z")

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Hi all, this is my site thus far (under construction):

[http://www.mark-stuckert.net](http://www.mark-stuckert.net)

I was wondering – is there a way (possibly via Javascript) to have a GIF hold the place of that [SIZE=1]_TINY_[/SIZE] SWF file until it loads? I tried a swap thing, but that only seems to work with another GIF. The load’s not unbearable, but I was just thinking if I had that opening image on the SWF as a GIF loaded until the movie loads, it would be just a little more seamless. That, and I would probably use that approach in the future. Any advice would be appreciated.

If this has already been addressed, I apologize. And … [SIZE=1]Please give me the link to that particular thread![/SIZE]

Thanks,  
Mark(decisionman)  
:hoser: