# Simple swf preload question

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-swf-preload-question/79266
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [February 12, 2005, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-swf-preload-question/79266 "2005-02-12T06:35:59Z")
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### Author: ![alwaysdrifting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@alwaysdrifting](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alwaysdrifting)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2005, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-swf-preload-question/79266/1 "2005-02-12T06:35:59Z")

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I have a real simple question but can’t find an answer here. To preload a single swf and have the load details embedded in that swf. How is it done, doesn’t the file have to load first to show the preloader?

Take a look here, excluding the music, it’s just **one** swf file that loads, home.swf. Yet, it preloads the file with a load bar at the start. How is this done?

[http://www.n-gised.com/](http://www.n-gised.com/)

Thanks