# Bit of help with loadBytes

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bit-of-help-with-loadbytes/271529>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 24, 2008, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bit-of-help-with-loadbytes/271529 "2008-09-24T08:23:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![sceneshift](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@sceneshift](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sceneshift)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bit-of-help-with-loadbytes/271529/1 "2008-09-24T08:23:53Z")

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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 😉 )