# Loading External SWFs in the background

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swfs-in-the-background/206611
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 9, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swfs-in-the-background/206611 "2006-11-09T20:29:58Z")
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### Author: ![chalemi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@chalemi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chalemi)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swfs-in-the-background/206611/1 "2006-11-09T20:29:58Z")

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The setup: I have a gallery with a Next/Previous button and individual frames that contain a “loadMovie” function. When the user clicks next or previous the movie jumps to a new frame and loads an external swf/w a preloader into a container. The way I have it , the movie has to load each swf one at a time. Is there a way to have the movie loading the other swfs in the background, so the user doesnt have to ait for each swf to load?

Thanks