# Question about preloaders

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-preloaders/61382
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 18, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-preloaders/61382 "2004-08-18T03:24:08Z")
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### Author: ![Fidelity88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7feea3/32.png) [@Fidelity88](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Fidelity88)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-preloaders/61382/1 "2004-08-18T03:24:08Z")

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Im trying to use my preloader on an already made fla file which I guess will become an .swf when its done but how do you do this? I have not had sucesses at this yet.  
Thanks  
Fidelity

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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: [August 18, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-preloaders/61382/2 "2004-08-18T03:27:12Z")

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You could just drag all your frames over two spaces (frame3) and place the preloader in the first two frames.

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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: [August 18, 2004, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-preloaders/61382/3 "2004-08-18T10:25:41Z")

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target the .swf with your preloader along with loadMovie.