# My entire swf loads before I can even get to frame 1

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-entire-swf-loads-before-i-can-even-get-to-frame-1/178409>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 10, 2006, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-entire-swf-loads-before-i-can-even-get-to-frame-1/178409 "2006-02-10T09:15:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![conzago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@conzago](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/conzago)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-entire-swf-loads-before-i-can-even-get-to-frame-1/178409/1 "2006-02-10T09:15:01Z")

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I can’t seem to utilize a preloader because my movie won’t go to frame 1 until teh swj is fully loaded?

any ideas