# Preloader loading once not twice

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-loading-once-not-twice/156575>\
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**Created:** [July 26, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-loading-once-not-twice/156575 "2005-07-26T18:55:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![methalorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@methalorange](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/methalorange)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-loading-once-not-twice/156575/1 "2005-07-26T18:55:12Z")

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im making a website  
it consists of various .swf files  
the files all have a preloader taking up the first 2 frames

the first time someone views the page (file) say floor1.swf, they get the preloader while it loads  
if they leave that page (load a new swf) and then later come back to floor1.swf it will reload floor1.swf but because the file is already in memory it skips the preloader (almsot)

the problem i have is when floor1.swf loads for the second time to loads at frame one flashing the image that is part of the preloader for jsut that one frame - it then reads the get bytes etc and moves past the preloader to frame three

is there soem way i can skip the preloader completely after the floor1.swf has been loaded once?  
i really don’t want that image to be displayed for the one frame that it is