# Preloader question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-question/62701>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 30, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-question/62701 "2004-08-30T18:02:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![icekomo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bcef8e/32.png) [@icekomo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/icekomo)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-question/62701/1 "2004-08-30T18:02:03Z")

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After a swf movie loads, is it possible for the main timeline to contine to play? Right now if I don’t put a stop action where I call in my loaed movie, my main time line plays while the called swf file loads, and the end animation is off then. Is there a way to fix this?

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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:** [August 30, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-question/62701/2 "2004-08-30T18:03:56Z")

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\_root.whatever

This is in the wrong forum. It should be moved into the Flash Actionscript forum, or MX/MX 2004 forum.