# Preloading a separate .swf file.. but
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-a-separate-swf-file-but/3609
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [January 18, 2002, 5:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-a-separate-swf-file-but/3609 "2002-01-18T05:41:34Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2002, 5:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-a-separate-swf-file-but/3609/1 "2002-01-18T05:41:34Z")
how do i preload/load a separate .swf file whilst another one is playing? so when it is called upon it will play with no lag?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2002, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-a-separate-swf-file-but/3609/2 "2002-01-18T10:05:46Z")
A simple wat to this would be::
in the first frame of your main move [if u have an intro, in the first frame of that] us the ‘loadMovie’ action and load it up as norm - with your prloader in it…
in the first frame of the movie you r loading into the main movie add the action ‘stop’ - do not have anything in this frame apart from the stop action…
the movie will sit there until the the interaction that you want is preformed…i.e:
a button on the main time line is clicked…butt actions::
on (press) {
\_root.mc\_name.gotoAndPlay (2);
}
i hope this makes sence… i am a little hungover…so i may be babbling… 😉
i know there are more complex ways of preforming this… i am currently working on somthing simular a project i am doing myself…i will let you know what i come up with…
Cheerio,
Ben…