# Preloading External Swf's

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**Created:** [April 8, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-swfs/143720 "2005-04-08T05:08:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![FrankieB](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/frankieb/32/1238_2.png) [@FrankieB](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FrankieB)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-swfs/143720/1 "2005-04-08T05:08:16Z")

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I hope this doesn’t sound too complicated.

What I want to do, is have a flash file open up…and a load bar start to fill up. This load bar will be loading about 7 external swf’s that make up the basic layout. After the preloading, there is a short transition and the external swf’s appear in a specific order, laid out on the timeline. One of the external swf’s is sort of an mp3 player, but this preloader I’m speaking of doesn’t need to preload the music, i have that figured out.

After that happens, I have a content box that will do all the loading from there, which I pretty much have figured out as well.

If anyone understands and can help please let me know.

thanks,

Frankie B