# Hi all. Preloader and Transition stupid question **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [August 1, 2004, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hi-all-preloader-and-transition-stupid-question/117953 "2004-08-01T11:02:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@blend](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blend)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hi-all-preloader-and-transition-stupid-question/117953/1 "2004-08-01T11:02:12Z")
Hi! I’m a newbie in this, I don’t know any actionscript, and I was trying to build a website using the preloader and transition tutorial. Here’s my question: The external swf’s are preloaded in the main movie, which simply stops and waits for the loading. while its stoped, I can’t make a preloader bar to work in that frame. how can I work around this? I know this is got to be simple, but I can’t get it to work… :d: Thank you in advance for any help. ---
**Author:** ![fiery\_rockstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@fiery\_rockstar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fiery_rockstar)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hi-all-preloader-and-transition-stupid-question/117953/2 "2004-08-01T23:47:05Z")
If you mean what I think you mean you simply need to tell the preloader which level(s) it is preloading, i.e; \_root, \_level0 or whatever the level is. J ---
**Author:** ![InsaneleSS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@InsaneleSS](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/InsaneleSS)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hi-all-preloader-and-transition-stupid-question/117953/3 "2004-08-02T01:33:46Z")
How do you go about having the preloader load first and then start up the movie. The preloader I added only starts after the whole file is downloaded. You only know it’s downloading because it says so in the Status Bar with no help at all from the Preloader I put in. Do I have to have two swfs? One for the preloader, that loads the larger swf? I didn’t see any code for that. Please let me know. ---
**Author:** ![ruski\_flasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@ruski\_flasher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ruski_flasher)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hi-all-preloader-and-transition-stupid-question/117953/4 "2004-08-02T01:48:27Z")
theres no such thing as a stupid question (flashwise) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![REEF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@REEF](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/REEF)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hi-all-preloader-and-transition-stupid-question/117953/5 "2004-08-02T02:03:35Z")
> [@ruski\_flasher](#): > > theres no such thing as a stupid question (flashwise) 🙂 Unless the question itself is “how do you spell flash” :). ---
**Author:** ![ruski\_flasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@ruski\_flasher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ruski_flasher)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hi-all-preloader-and-transition-stupid-question/117953/6 "2004-08-02T02:10:39Z")
//offtopic…nice footer reefster! kinda reminds me of _the ring_ ---
**Author:** ![REEF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@REEF](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/REEF)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hi-all-preloader-and-transition-stupid-question/117953/7 "2004-08-02T02:12:40Z")
Lol I went for the ancient look. And thanks. Back to topic :bad:. ---
**Author:** ![InsaneleSS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@InsaneleSS](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/InsaneleSS)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hi-all-preloader-and-transition-stupid-question/117953/8 "2004-08-02T02:29:36Z")
Yea, I totally just felt ignored :OP ---
**Author:** ![fiery\_rockstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@fiery\_rockstar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fiery_rockstar)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hi-all-preloader-and-transition-stupid-question/117953/9 "2004-08-02T10:01:51Z")
Could you post your .fla? ---
**Author:** ![fatnslow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@fatnslow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fatnslow)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hi-all-preloader-and-transition-stupid-question/117953/10 "2004-08-02T12:28:51Z")
Heres an fla for preload+transition, hope it help.