# Load External SWF

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-external-swf/134165>\
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**Created:** [January 15, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-external-swf/134165 "2005-01-15T12:30:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![alwaysdrifting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@alwaysdrifting](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alwaysdrifting)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-external-swf/134165/1 "2005-01-15T12:30:26Z")

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I have a swf which loads some images from a folder into several MCs. When I call this swf from the main swf, I want to have a preloader for the image swf.

Will _[COLOR=Navy]getBytesTotal[/COLOR]_ return the size of the swf including the external photos that it must load? If not, what’s the best way to calculate the size of the external swf so I can preload…

Cheers