# Preloader for MCs within another movie

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-for-mcs-within-another-movie/15950
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [March 19, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-for-mcs-within-another-movie/15950 "2003-03-19T18:48:29Z")
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### Author: ![samstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@samstone](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/samstone)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-for-mcs-within-another-movie/15950/1 "2003-03-19T18:48:29Z")

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Preloader for MCs within another movie…How do you do it!!

I have a movie with 4 swf coming from 4 buttons. How do you make a preloader for all sepearte movies.

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-for-mcs-within-another-movie/15950/2 "2003-03-19T21:18:02Z")

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I use a template .fla that has a preloader as the first scene. That way when my separate movies are loading in the main movie they have a preloader as well. There is probably a clever way to have the preloader done only once in the main movie and have it preload the nested movies… I’m not sure how to do that.