Bit of help with loadBytes

Hey guys,

I am trying to load Binary data into Flex. Basically, I am storing some map data as raw binary and I want to load this data into my application. To parse it, I need to get the data through loadBytes but I am having trouble.

Am I right in saying that loadBytes can only load SWF, JPG, GIF and PNG files? If so, would I need to rename my map binary file to .swf for this to load?

(PS: Yes, I realize the irony of the thread title :wink: )