# Kirupa.com - Preloader that Displays Load Progress

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-preloader-that-displays-load-progress/352149
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [November 23, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-preloader-that-displays-load-progress/352149 "2014-11-23T01:02:31Z")
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### Author: ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-preloader-that-displays-load-progress/352149/1 "2014-11-23T01:02:32Z")

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Welcome to the world of the preloader! Of all the various things people can accomplish in Flash, a preloader is a mystical concept which everyone uses yet no-one seems to be able to explain quite well. A preloader is not something that can really be explained because it is more of an abstract concept that works behind the scenes.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader.htm)