# confuseDeveloperAbout(fakeFileSize) **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [September 6, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/confusedeveloperabout-fakefilesize/161642 "2005-09-06T00:52:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lostchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9a140/32.png) [@lostchild](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lostchild)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/confusedeveloperabout-fakefilesize/161642/1 "2005-09-06T00:52:36Z")
I m really confused … As most of u already know or have noticed before : Flash Player 6 and 7 wouldnt show u the correct size of a compressed swf when u use the methods (unfortunately so does flash 8 ) “getBytesLoaded()” and “getBytesTotal()”. And i ve always thought “this is a big bug for a plug in like Flash Player” ( am i have the right to call this “a bug” ? ) Today i was doin something with flash and as i ve done before, i was writing the code to show the ( nearly ) right size of the movie for the preloader. I guess i saw the right size of the movie in internet explorer ( since my flash environment duznt have flash player 8 yet ). I was happy to see it… got so happy that i got silly to write something about it on layer51. grrr… :look: [http://proto.layer51.com/d.aspx?f=1422](http://proto.layer51.com/d.aspx?f=1422) Now i can see that s not the case. Thought around if that has to do someting with publish settings … i tried to publish for flash player 8 ( i didnt think that would work though ). Then i tried some flash player 8 examples to see if they show the right file size as they r preloaded. But no … flash player still show the uncompressed size of my swf s when “getBytesTotal()” and “getBytesLoaded()” are used. Someone knows about this issue ? or have an idea if Macromedia is doin something about this or not [ please let me know if i m unaware of a solution to this that has been already adressed ] cheers …