# Yet another preloader question

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/yet-another-preloader-question/170373
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [November 25, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/yet-another-preloader-question/170373 "2005-11-25T05:40:30Z")
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### Author: ![jake74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@jake74](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jake74)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/yet-another-preloader-question/170373/1 "2005-11-25T05:40:30Z")

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What is the basic formula for having a seperate preloader swf load a “main movie” swf, then launch a new window where the “main movie” swf shows up?

My main movie plays music and does animation once it’s loaded, so I don’t want it to start playing the music while inside the preloader swf. I’m under the impression the way to do this is:

some\_mc.loadMovie(“myMainMovie.swf”);

then do all the getBytesLoaded & getBytesTotal work, then check to see if it’s loaded, if it is, goto a frame with an “ENTER” button. The enter button will have some code opening a new window with the “main movie” swf embedded.

My problem is that the some\_mc starts playing my main movie once it’s loaded. It won’t have to reload when I launch it in a new window will it?