# Listen for data transmission

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listen-for-data-transmission/293475>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 29, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listen-for-data-transmission/293475 "2009-07-29T14:49:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![silverspark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@silverspark](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/silverspark)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listen-for-data-transmission/293475/1 "2009-07-29T14:49:13Z")

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Hi guys, I was wondering if there were any methods or techniques out there to listen for data loading or receive indication that there is external data transmission . Basically I want to build a loading icon that appears whenever the flash file downloads external data, like images,videos, xml etc. I know I could just include a function in every method I have that loads external data, but this seems tedious and it’s hard to keep track of all of them since this will be a big project.

Thanks for any help