# Preloading external swf's

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-swfs/257806>\
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**Created:** [April 17, 2008, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-swfs/257806 "2008-04-17T09:21:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![gam99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ec9cab/32.png) [@gam99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gam99)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-swfs/257806/1 "2008-04-17T09:21:29Z")

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Hi, I’ve searched various forums, including this one, and can’t seem to find the exact answer I’m looking for.

Basically, I want to pre-load a number of external swf’s before the movie stars playing so the files are there ready to use. Can anyone help with an easy way to do this?

Could this be done using: loadMovieNum(“some.swf”, 1);