# Preloading movie clips over main swf

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-movie-clips-over-main-swf/10285
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [December 28, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-movie-clips-over-main-swf/10285 "2002-12-28T17:30:34Z")
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### Author: ![m660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@m660](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/m660)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-movie-clips-over-main-swf/10285/1 "2002-12-28T17:30:34Z")

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Hi…can anyone tell me how to load movieclips over the main movie, but keep them hidden until they are selected to be shown from a button or smartclip in the main mc ???

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2002, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-movie-clips-over-main-swf/10285/2 "2002-12-28T17:42:07Z")

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yeah!!

I think what your after is levels.

What you do is, you load an external swf into another level or into an empty movie clip.

here is a tutorial on it ::

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/full\_site.asp](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/full_site.asp)

check that out, it should help you 🙂

any questions, just ask!!

:crazy: