# Loading a external image

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-external-image/328446>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 17, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-external-image/328446 "2012-05-17T16:20:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-external-image/328446/1 "2012-05-17T16:20:14Z")

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I have a test coming up on actionscript 3 and i am having a problem on a area. what is a easy and simple way to create a an example with ‘Loader’ and ‘URLRequest’ classes to load an external image file and add it to a fixed location on the stage?