# Preloading into \_self

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-into--self/158746
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 11, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-into--self/158746 "2005-08-11T15:43:55Z")
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### Author: ![eternal\_student](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@eternal\_student](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eternal_student)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-into--self/158746/1 "2005-08-11T15:43:55Z")

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Dear All,

Well I am afraid it is yet another preloader question… I have searched the forums, but don’t seem to get the answer I need. OK…

I have a large flash website, with a functional preloader - the problem is that it takes a while for the swf to download, therefore by the time the preloader comes up the site is approx 50% loaded already. But before this the page remains blank.

My question is… if I create a preloader in it’s own swf, can I get it to show the progress of the main swf loading, therefore when the preloader has finished it loads the main swf ontop of itself - in other words when done…unload preloader swf and load the preloaded main swf.

I hope this makes sense!

Can anyone help!?!

Thanx,

Eternal Student.