# Stupid Preloader Path Problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stupid-preloader-path-problem/90854>\
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**Created:** [May 21, 2005, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stupid-preloader-path-problem/90854 "2005-05-21T10:43:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![gotemgreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@gotemgreat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gotemgreat)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stupid-preloader-path-problem/90854/1 "2005-05-21T10:43:17Z")

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Hiya,

Allright… here is my problem. I have a main movie with a preloader built in for external swf’s… it’s placed in a container called preloader 1. This preloader with tween is the same one used in the kirupa tutorial located [here](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/tween_as_preloader.htm)… I have just altered it to load external files. Now this preloader has an outro animation, it is located within preload1 as a seperate animation called “bar.” I can’t figure out how to return to the frame 22 of my preload 1 movie after blah.swf is loaded. I have tried everything. Everything I know (which isn’t much) tells me that this should work fine:

**this.\_parent.gotoAndPlay(22);**

but it doesn’t. I don’t know much about relative and absolute paths… so if someone could help me understand it would be great as well.

Thanks in advance…