# Preloading External .swf's

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-swfs/180025>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 24, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-swfs/180025 "2006-02-24T19:24:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![goingNuts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecccb3/32.png) [@goingNuts](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/goingNuts)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-swfs/180025/1 "2006-02-24T19:24:18Z")

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I need to be able to preload multiple .swf’s while a movie is running. These files will later be called and placed into an empty movie clip. Here’s what I’ve come up with…

```auto
var loader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();

var loadListener:Object = new Object();

loadListener.onLoadStart = function(target_mc) {
    trace("loading...");
};
loadListener.onLoadInit = function(target_mc) {
    _root.emptyclip._visible = false;
};
loadListener.onLoadComplete = function(target_mc) {
    _root.play();
};
loadListener.onLoadError = function(target_mc) {
    trace("doh!");
};
loader.addListener(loadListener);
loader.loadClip("1a.swf", _root.emptyclip);
loader.loadClip("2.swf", _level20);
loader.loadClip("3.swf", _level30);
loader.loadClip("4.swf", _level40);
loader.loadClip("5.swf", _level50);
loader.loadClip("5b.swf", _level60);
loader.loadClip("5c.swf", _level70);
loader.loadClip("6.swf", _level80);
loader.loadClip("7.swf", _level90);
stop();

```

Not only does this not work, but nothing traces at all. I’ve gotta say, I’m at a loss.