# Preloading with Loading External Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [January 28, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-with-loading-external-movies/12195 "2003-01-28T04:47:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MattC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@MattC](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MattC)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-with-loading-external-movies/12195/1 "2003-01-28T04:47:14Z")
I am working on bettering my flash site and i dont really understand where i should preload my other swf’s that i load into my main movie. I see all these cool loading animations for a lot of flash sites but really dont have a clue how they do it. Can someome help me or point me in the right direction. Thanks ---
**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:** [January 28, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-with-loading-external-movies/12195/2 "2003-01-28T05:20:08Z")
Just place a preloader on each swf file, you can use a percentage preloader from this site, here is the link to the tutorial. [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.asp](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.asp) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2003, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-with-loading-external-movies/12195/3 "2003-01-28T10:16:45Z")
Hi… remeber to remove, on the code used from the tutorial linked above, \_root. on the Action Script, otherwise the variables will refer to the mail swf and nothing works!!! see ya soon icicle:cyclops: ---
**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:** [January 28, 2003, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-with-loading-external-movies/12195/4 "2003-01-28T12:20:06Z")
well i want to put my own preloader in there, so it will be a little different, but how do i have the preload animation load into the same movie clip as the one that is already loaded without it disappearing ---
**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:** [January 28, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-with-loading-external-movies/12195/5 "2003-01-28T13:54:14Z")
Hi, I have a Flash movie which is mostly Action Script and is only a few frames long. However, it includes about 3 or 4 mb of bit-mapped photographs. The ‘standard’ preloaders don’t work because the number of frames in the movie is seen as only 4 or 5. The preloaders quit after those few frames are loaded. But the user still has to wait until all the photos are loaded. All the preloaders I have seen use the total number of frames to mark the end of loading – I need to use the actual file size. How can I create a preloader that will handle this situation properly? Thanks, Howard ---
**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:** [January 28, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-with-loading-external-movies/12195/6 "2003-01-28T15:32:00Z")
can you please ask your own questions in your own thread, i am trying to work with problems i am having and dont want to get them confused with your issues ---
**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:** [January 28, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-with-loading-external-movies/12195/7 "2003-01-28T22:16:41Z")
When you say remove the \_root , should I replace it with the name of the swf loaded or just remove it?