# Preloader

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader/16272>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 22, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader/16272 "2003-03-22T23:59:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ainriail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Ainriail](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ainriail)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader/16272/1 "2003-03-22T23:59:09Z")

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Hello Everyone! Back with another problem  
I used this to load a .swf file into my movie:  
but.onPress = function () {  
\_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“container”,1);  
loadMovie(“loaded.swf”, “container”);  
container.\_x =150;  
container.\_y = 20;  
}  
But the thing is the swf is a movie file converted from flix to swf format. So I need to make a preloader. How can I do this with creating empty movie clips? Do I have to make different scenes? Thanks,  
Marc:hair:

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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:** [March 23, 2003, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader/16272/2 "2003-03-23T10:14:12Z")

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If I understand what you want here’s a tutorial on it

[Preloading Multiple Loaded Movies](http://www.actionscripts.org/tutorials/intermediate/multi_preloader/index.shtml)

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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:** [March 24, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader/16272/3 "2003-03-24T21:33:45Z")

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I went to the tutorial and looked at it. Thanks again for the suggestion. I am going to try it out right now. But in usual fashion I will mostlikely mess the code up so i might as well ask you now. Does this also work with movies loaded at different times? For example I want to load one movie and then after clicking a button it loads another movie in a created empty movie clip. Thanks again.  
Marc:hair: