# Preloader and external swf question (this time i reallly searched :) )

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-and-external-swf-question-this-time-i-reallly-searched/44082
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**Created:** [February 29, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-and-external-swf-question-this-time-i-reallly-searched/44082 "2004-02-29T03:54:36Z")
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### Author: ![mlkedave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@mlkedave](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlkedave)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-and-external-swf-question-this-time-i-reallly-searched/44082/1 "2004-02-29T03:54:36Z")

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I want to load an external swf and I keep seeing  
[AS]  
container.loadMovie(“trans.swf”)  
[/AS]

I want to make it so the main movie loads and the external loads afterward (or during) so the load time on the main movie decreases. I entered the above AS in the first frame of my main movie but it doesn’t seem to be working. Do I need to add something like on(enterframe) or something? Also, does it matter if i put a preloader on a movie clip (that doesn’t load an external swf)? Will it help the load time at all or will everything load at once, thus defeating the purpose of having a preloader?

For the container movieclip i just drew a black square… Does the container movieclip have to be the exact size of the external swf? Can someone just tell me how to load a file external, and I mean please just dont tell me the AS, i mean can u tell me exactly how to do it? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Mike