# Would an interactive CD-ROM require a preloader?

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 7, 2007, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-an-interactive-cd-rom-require-a-preloader/224941 "2007-05-07T13:07:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![pete66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8c91f0/32.png) [@pete66](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pete66)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-an-interactive-cd-rom-require-a-preloader/224941/1 "2007-05-07T13:07:51Z")

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Hi, the last time I made a preloader was for Flash 5 by doing something like actionscript on the 3rd frame saying “if loaded, play, else, gotoframe(1)”.

How necessary is a preloader if I want to make a reasonably simple interactive CD-ROM in Flash CS3?

Also, what’s the basic, standard methodology for creating preloaders in CS3?

Thanks very much  
Pete