# Preloader on Movie Clips
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-on-movie-clips/182714
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [March 20, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-on-movie-clips/182714 "2006-03-20T22:24:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@KoN](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/KoN)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-on-movie-clips/182714/1 "2006-03-20T22:24:41Z")
Is it possible to put pre-loaders on to movie clips?
Here’s what i’m trying to do. I am makeing a web page. I have movie clips which load external pictures (jpg’s) and put them into the movie clip using a mask. Now, to keep user’s at the page (as the jpg’s aren’t instantly loaded) i want to put pre-loaders in. Any help getting a preloader on the movie clip would be appreciated. :thumb:
This is the code that loads an image into the movie clip. It is loacated on its own layer (i.e. not attatched to the Movie Clip):
> [@Action Script](#):
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> \_root.instanceName.mask.loadMovie( “imgs/backgrnd/home.jpg” );
~KoN~
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### Author:  [@KoN](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/KoN)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-on-movie-clips/182714/2 "2006-03-21T11:01:44Z")
_bump_
I’ve tried and tried again, but i haven’t got it to work yet [Note: that doesn’t mean much about the feasibilty of the pre-loader]. So, if anyone has done it before or thinks they know how to do it, POST :stare:
~KoN~
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### Author:  [@Pascal\_S](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pascal_S)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-on-movie-clips/182714/3 "2006-03-21T12:13:37Z")
sry for my lame reaction but if you stop trying and started searching you would get further. There are like zillion topics on preloaders
[http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/preloading/](http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/preloading/)
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### Author:  [@KoN](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/KoN)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-on-movie-clips/182714/4 "2006-03-21T21:59:44Z")
I have been searching for pre-loaders, the thing is all the ones i’ve found are designed for a whole movie not a movie clip. Also, please be kind, i’m new to Flash.
I’ve had a look at the link you gave and its great, wish i found it before. I’ll see if i can get it working from that tutorial.
~KoN~