# Managing Multiple External .swf Loads

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/managing-multiple-external-swf-loads/193853>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 18, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/managing-multiple-external-swf-loads/193853 "2006-07-18T20:01:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/managing-multiple-external-swf-loads/193853/1 "2006-07-18T20:01:35Z")

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Let’s say I have 5 .swfs that I am loading into one movie. Am I better off having each .swf load one after the other? Let’s say once the first one is 50% complete, the second one starts etc. This will help bring the individual .swfs on faster but it will probably cause the overall load to take longer. Is this a correct assumption?