# Flash Read Jpeg Details... Without XML...?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-read-jpeg-details-without-xml/188411>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 7, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-read-jpeg-details-without-xml/188411 "2006-05-07T14:58:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![woodman650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9bd4f/32.png) [@woodman650](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/woodman650)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-read-jpeg-details-without-xml/188411/1 "2006-05-07T14:58:33Z")

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Hey all,  
I just wondered if there was a way for flash to read details/parameters stored in a jpeg? (author, date… etc)… without having to manually enter these things into an external file for referencing. It’s probably not doable, but I thought I’d ask anyway. 🙂 thanks