# Xml photogallery - preload all thumbs

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-photogallery-preload-all-thumbs/228795>\
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**Created:** [June 11, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-photogallery-preload-all-thumbs/228795 "2007-06-11T17:21:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-photogallery-preload-all-thumbs/228795/1 "2007-06-11T17:21:02Z")

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Using the tutorials in Kirupa here, how would I go about creating a preloader that preloads all my thumbnails.

I tried, but mine didn’t work. All the thumbnails are loaded into one movie clip and that is the movieclip I tried to preload. However, when it preloads, it instantly goes to 100%, not preloading the dynamic thumbs being loaded into it.

Do I need to calculate the getBytesTotal for each thumb and then add that up and somehow preload that? I’m not sure what to do.