# Nother PreLoader question
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nother-preloader-question/185186
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [April 11, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nother-preloader-question/185186 "2006-04-11T16:41:53Z")
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### Author:  [@nikov](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nikov)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nother-preloader-question/185186/1 "2006-04-11T16:41:53Z")
ok so now i’ve got this movie running, thannks in no small help to ppl on this board…and i want to put a preloader on the fornt end so ppl don’t freak while they wait. ok so all the preloader tricks i tried not only don’t show the preloader progress but even worse they stop my movie from starting…all i get is the sound and the preloader graphics…so…what’s a newbie to do except ask for help here 🙂 I just don’t get how the timeline is supposed to look? or how to put the preloader in there?
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### Author:  [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nother-preloader-question/185186/2 "2006-04-11T16:43:49Z")
maybe you should post some code.
Imagine this, you post on a medical forum saying, “I got this lump, what should i do?”
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### Author:  [@nikov](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nikov)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nother-preloader-question/185186/3 "2006-04-11T16:48:34Z")
k where is the code and how do I post it? thanks
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### Author:  [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nother-preloader-question/185186/4 "2006-04-11T16:50:02Z")
the code that you are using to preload, there IS a little code involved, or even post your FLA. Which tutorial are you following?
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### Author:  [@nikov](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nikov)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nother-preloader-question/185186/5 "2006-04-11T17:03:16Z")
my fla is 12 MGs so it’s over the limit. the code ? do you mean the action script? thanks again…is defective here now\<2 i got the preloader off a tutorial here on flash mx, it’s supposed to be simple but…I’m afraid that I’m far more simple that it is today…laughs at himself here.
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### Author:  [@nikov](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nikov)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nother-preloader-question/185186/6 "2006-04-11T22:43:38Z")
the tutorial is from here
[http://www.bestflashanimationsite.com/tutorials/3/](http://www.bestflashanimationsite.com/tutorials/3/)
actions layer script is
totalBytes = Math.round(getBytesTotal()/1024);
loadedBytes = Math.round(getBytesLoaded()/1024);
percentDone = Math.round((loadedBytes/totalBytes)\*100);
if (\_root.\_framesloaded\>=\_root.\_totalframes) {
gotoAndPlay(“start”);
}
preloader layer script is
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
\_xscale = \_root.percentDone;
}
like I said U just can’t figure out how to put it into the time line of an already existing movie…hope this helps 🙂