# Loadmovie **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [May 21, 2002, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie/1802 "2002-05-21T08:29:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 21, 2002, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie/1802/1 "2002-05-21T08:29:24Z")
I have a main movie then little movies that load into the right side of the main movie using ‘loadmovie’ Each of the little movies has a preloader as they are quite big in size, but when i click the button on the main movie to open the little movie theres a small pause (3-4secs) before the little movie preloader appears? Anyone know how to get rid of this pause because it makes the site feel that its not working right? Cheers ---
**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:** [May 21, 2002, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie/1802/2 "2002-05-21T08:47:43Z")
Are the preloader clips all the same clip just in different movies? If so, consider a shared library. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2002, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie/1802/3 "2002-05-21T09:47:14Z")
Yeah the preloader clips are shared. Basically i have a menu on the left side of the movie with buttons. When one of these buttons is pressed a seperate .swf is loaded into the right side of the main movie. But when the menu button is pressed, the .swf that is supposed to load doesnt appear instantly - theres a short delay. At the begining of each seperate swf is a preloader that should appear as soon as the menu button is pressed but it doesnt, its a good 3-5 secs before anything happens… Hope that explains it better… I cant think what i can do to stop the pause… ---
**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:** [May 21, 2002, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie/1802/4 "2002-05-21T20:31:47Z")
That seems strange. If you use an item from a shared library, it was my understanding that it wouldn’t need to download again and therefore would instantaniously apear if called upon. Perhaps we should look at this a different way. how big is the preloader by itself, in k? It might just have to be cut back a bit in size… made smaller. too tell the truth… I’m really not sure why that’s doing that. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2002, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie/1802/5 "2002-05-22T08:37:02Z")
my preloader on the clips was really small, just a few lines of code and a little progress bar… I asked the guys at flashkit and flash-db too, The guy at flash db knew exactly what i was talkin about because he had the same prob, unfortunatly he didnt know how to fix it either ☹ He gave me something i could try tho to cheat - making a fake loading clip then appears when the button is pressed that is contained in the main movie, then the external movie will load ontop of it once its fully loaded. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 22, 2002, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie/1802/6 "2002-05-22T08:58:31Z")
lol… that’s a great idea to overcome that glitch. So simple…