# Event.COMPLETE not firing

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-complete-not-firing/255189>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 19, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-complete-not-firing/255189 "2008-03-19T21:28:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Icy\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f6c823/32.png) [@Icy\_Penguin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Icy_Penguin)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-complete-not-firing/255189/1 "2008-03-19T21:28:42Z")

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Hey all,

I have a simple image loader trying to load an image with an Event Listener.

The COMPLETE event never fires however.

If I use Event.ENTER\_FRAME, for example, the image loads in there just fine (but is done so hundreds of times, of course).

```auto

...

private var imageLoader:Loader;
        var request:URLRequest;

private function loadImage() {
            request = new URLRequest(itemData[itemId][3]);
            imageLoader = new Loader();
            imageLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, imageComplete);
            imageLoader.load(request);
        }
public function imageComplete(event:Event) {
            addChild(imageLoader);
        }

...

```

public const any\_help\_appreciated:Boolean = true;

🙂