# Preloader using loadMovie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-using-loadmovie/199404>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 2, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-using-loadmovie/199404 "2006-09-02T01:04:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![footballkid4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@footballkid4](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/footballkid4)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-using-loadmovie/199404/1 "2006-09-02T01:04:56Z")

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I’m using a preloader in an external SWF file, and then loading my to-be-loaded SWF using loadMovie(). What’s happening is, once I execute \_root.loadMovie() it is automatically put above everything else on the stage. The movie has to be loaded into \_root (it can’t be loaded into a container movieClip), because of the use of an external language file…it will fall apart.

Basically, what I need to do…is get the preloader movieClip to appear above the external SWF loaded using loadMovie() (I’ve tried swapDepths() as well, with no luck)

Any suggestions?