# Preloader?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader/18464>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 16, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader/18464 "2003-04-16T23:42:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![paulks\_is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@paulks\_is](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paulks_is)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader/18464/1 "2003-04-16T23:42:42Z")

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I have a flash movie that will be run from a CD. At present the size of the movie is 300MB. When i load it from my hard drive, it takes about 20seconds to even load the project. After that everything is loaded. Shoul i put on a pre-loader, or change the way it starts? Im slightly confused. Is the file size just way to big

I just don’t want the user to think that it isn’t doing anything while they are sat waiting!

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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:** [April 16, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader/18464/2 "2003-04-16T23:47:48Z")

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[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm)

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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:** [April 16, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader/18464/3 "2003-04-16T23:51:24Z")

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will that page then load instantly and wait for the others?