# Preloading external swf
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-swf/106788
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [April 8, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-swf/106788 "2004-04-08T21:02:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@spighita](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/spighita)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-swf/106788/1 "2004-04-08T21:02:48Z")
Hi:
I do know how to make preloaders but I was curious on how to load an external swf.
Do you load them making a preloader for the swf which is being loaded, or from the main movie \_root level make a preloader for the external swf.
My question is basically where to make the preloader.
-Only one on the main movie and that loads each individual external swf.
-Or one on each external swf?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-swf/106788/2 "2004-04-08T21:17:14Z")
I make it in the main movie, why would you repeat the work for every movie you load
unless the design needs it?, and even so I think is better to make just one that can be costumize on runtime just not to do same work more than once.
SHO
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-swf/106788/3 "2004-04-08T21:35:22Z")
Could you expand on this please? I’d quite like to know how to use 1 preloader for all my external content! I guess its using a function ?