# Please help: preloader works in simulation but not on the web

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-preloader-works-in-simulation-but-not-on-the-web/136080>\
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**Created:** [February 2, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-preloader-works-in-simulation-but-not-on-the-web/136080 "2005-02-02T03:04:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![visitor13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/2acd7d/32.png) [@visitor13](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/visitor13)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-preloader-works-in-simulation-but-not-on-the-web/136080/1 "2005-02-02T03:04:30Z")

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I’m trying to preload external swf files as needed and show the progress each time a file is being preloaded. It works exactly as intended when I simulate it on my desktop but not at all when uploaded on the web: first of all nothing happens up until 50% of the main movie is already loaded and then when the the attempt is being made to load additional content, some weird number displays (-214…%) instead of the percentage. Take a look:  
[http://home.comcast.net/~tenant13/preloader/](http://home.comcast.net/~tenant13/preloader/)  
I’m also attaching a fla file (104KB):  
[http://home.comcast.net/~tenant13/preloader/preloader.fla.zip](http://home.comcast.net/~tenant13/preloader/preloader.fla.zip)