# Preloader in external movie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-in-external-movie/94384>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 12, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-in-external-movie/94384 "2003-11-12T02:10:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![barge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@barge](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/barge)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-in-external-movie/94384/1 "2003-11-12T02:10:50Z")

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OK I have a preloader in a external movie, it works fine when I preview the single .swf, but when I try to preview it as a external movie being loaded, the preloader doesn’t work, it justs stays there and never loads the movie. Thanks in advance. I would post the .fla but it’s too large.

Here is the actionscript I used:

bytes\_loaded = Math.round(\_root.getBytesLoaded());  
bytes\_total = Math.round(\_root.getBytesTotal());  
getPercent = bytes\_loaded/bytes\_total;  
\_root.loadBar.\_width = getPercent_100;  
\_root.loadText = Math.round(getPercent_100)+" percent";  
if (bytes\_loaded == bytes\_total) {  
\_root.gotoAndStop(3);  
}