# kirupa.com - Loading an External Image: Page 3

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-loading-an-external-image-page-3/399605
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [December 2, 2014, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-loading-an-external-image-page-3/399605 "2014-12-02T05:31:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
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### Author: ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2014, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-loading-an-external-image-page-3/399605/1 "2014-12-02T05:31:51Z")

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by kirupa | 19 May 2008

In the [previous page](http://www.kirupa.comloading_image_as3_pg2.htm) you got your application working. Copying and pasting some code is great to quickly get up and running, but it is more important for you to understand why the code works the way it does - which is what this page will do!

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flashcs3/loading\_image\_as3\_pg3.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flashcs3/loading_image_as3_pg3.htm)