# Preloading an external swf inside movieclips

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-an-external-swf-inside-movieclips/162954>\
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**Created:** [September 18, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-an-external-swf-inside-movieclips/162954 "2005-09-18T02:08:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![bongbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@bongbox](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bongbox)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-an-external-swf-inside-movieclips/162954/1 "2005-09-18T02:08:41Z")

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lets say i have an external swf file and i load it to a movieclip name holder mc how do i preload it?