# Preloading in flash 2004

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-in-flash-2004/37740>\
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**Created:** [December 13, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-in-flash-2004/37740 "2003-12-13T19:22:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![mlkedave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@mlkedave](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlkedave)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-in-flash-2004/37740/1 "2003-12-13T19:22:51Z")

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I know there is probably a thousand posts about this but I searched and couldn’t find anything so please hear me out…

I know there is a preloader component but I would like to make a custom animations for the preloader. Is there a way to make a movie clip that plays when something is downloading and stops when it isn’t? I would like a movie clip of a tree growning that stops and starts depending on the downloading rate and when the it is completely loaded the animation would be completely done.

Does anyone know what I mean? And also, can someone tell me the AS that allows me to tell the precent of the preloader in Flash MX 2004? Thanks.

Mike