# Preloading Photoes in background

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-photoes-in-background/113300>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 16, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-photoes-in-background/113300 "2004-06-16T18:46:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sharwan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sharwan/32/587_2.png) [@sharwan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sharwan)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-photoes-in-background/113300/1 "2004-06-16T18:46:59Z")

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Hi Can u give some excellent code for preloading images in background while rest of the movie is playing.

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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:** [June 17, 2004, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-photoes-in-background/113300/2 "2004-06-17T12:19:19Z")

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You can use this code but change it a bit…  
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm)

but load it into a empty movieclip, and make the clip invisible until you want it to be shown…

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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:** [June 17, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-photoes-in-background/113300/3 "2004-06-17T17:12:06Z")

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Thanks for the tip.

> [@blah-de-blah](#):
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> You can use this code but change it a bit…  
> [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm)
> 
> but load it into a empty movieclip, and make the clip invisible until you want it to be shown…
