# FileReference.size for large files (5+ GB)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filereference-size-for-large-files-5-gb/297362>\
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**Created:** [September 30, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filereference-size-for-large-files-5-gb/297362 "2009-09-30T21:24:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Poco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@Poco](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Poco)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filereference-size-for-large-files-5-gb/297362/1 "2009-09-30T21:24:36Z")

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Hi,

I wonder if somebody has some hint how to trace the CORRECT file size of large files using FileReference.  
Files over 4GB report wrong size and I haven’t found a way how to get to know the actual size of the file selected using the browse() method. It doesn’t really look good when a 25GB files reports to be 3.9GB… Is it possible at all to make this in AS2? Thanks for any help!

Cheers,  
P.