# loadMovie/Preloader issue

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-preloader-issue/21334
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 20, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-preloader-issue/21334 "2003-05-20T14:51:41Z")
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### Author: ![ketra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@ketra](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ketra)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-preloader-issue/21334/1 "2003-05-20T14:51:41Z")

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Here is the problem. I am using loadMovie logic to load a swf file called music.swf to an empty movie object called “contents” in the main movie or time line. The music.swf has a preloader and I am using preloader by Lostinbeta from Kirupa tutorial ([http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm)). And after the movie is loaded I am loading mp3 files dynamically. Now, the problem is when I clicked the button which loads music.swf, it didn’t work at all. So I figured I have to change all my action code that has \_root.(something) to \_root.contents.(something) in the music.swf. And it did worked that way. But then I cannot test music.swf individually because it tries to find contents object which is in the main movie. And my preloader never shows that I have in music.swf. Why my preloader of music.swf movie don’t show when I load it using the main movie. Is this the right way to do code external movies and if it is do I have to test them always using the main movie. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for the help.