# Library load question **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [September 29, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/library-load-question/65781 "2004-09-29T15:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SlowRoasted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@SlowRoasted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SlowRoasted)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/library-load-question/65781/1 "2004-09-29T15:15:00Z")
say i have some other swf’s in my library, will they load when someone comes on the main movie or will they load when i call them, say with a button click? :ear: ---
**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:** [September 29, 2004, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/library-load-question/65781/2 "2004-09-29T15:32:59Z")
.swf’s in your library? I didn’t know you could have .swf’s in your library… or do you mean movie clips? Or are you talking about other .swf’s that you’re calling up to load in your main .swf? Sorry i can’t help til i know what exactly you’re talking about. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2004, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/library-load-question/65781/3 "2004-09-29T23:07:05Z")
swfs that im calling up to load in my main swf ---
**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:** [September 29, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/library-load-question/65781/4 "2004-09-29T23:39:05Z")
For swf’s being loaded, they won’t load until they are called on. Any external files (.jpg’s, .swf’s, .txt’s) don’t load until they’re actually loaded into a movie clip, like from a button click. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/library-load-question/65781/5 "2004-09-29T23:41:02Z")
Hey yeah premade swf’s will load as movie clips into your main swf. Just make sure you give them instance names by right clicking on them and selecting linkage. Then export for actionscript, and give it an instance name. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/library-load-question/65781/6 "2004-09-30T03:41:06Z")
Ok cool thats what i wanted to hear;) ---
**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:** [September 30, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/library-load-question/65781/7 "2004-09-30T14:22:21Z")
so swfs are not part of movieclips than? I always thought that they were the same. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/library-load-question/65781/8 "2004-09-30T14:30:02Z")
No, an .swf is the published form of an .fla file. When you load an .swf, you’re loading an external file. A Movie Clip is a symbol type in Flash, as in your three types being a graphic, a button, or a movie clip.