# Preloader with MovieClips

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-with-movieclips/253483>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 1, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-with-movieclips/253483 "2008-03-01T21:17:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Draqonic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@Draqonic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Draqonic)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-with-movieclips/253483/1 "2008-03-01T21:17:03Z")

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I have an odd request. I have searched the forum here and have not yet found a solution to my problem.

To explain the basics of my project I have a scene with a scrollpane and three buttons to the left to control the scrollpanes content.

The movieclip file I am using for the scrollpane is rather large and I would like to add a preloader to the movieclip itself. I am not sure on how to set up a preloader for a specific movieclip.

I have tried to create a preloader on a seperate scene, a preloader inside the movieclip, and on the main scene before the scrollpane and buttons appear.

When i go to simulate the download the bandwidth monitor shows that frame 1 is loading all my movieclips, buttons, graphics, etc…  
I was wondering if there was a way to prevent a movieclip from loading into the scene until a certain frame.

Any help at all will be greatly appreciated.

I am using Flash 8. thx for the help