# Loading a Random Background
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-random-background/28943
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 20, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-random-background/28943 "2003-08-20T12:52:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@suehami](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/suehami)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-random-background/28943/1 "2003-08-20T12:52:11Z")
Hi everyone
This is my first post here, but i’ve used the excellent tutorials section on many occasions with great success :}
I now have a question re: Loading a Random Background
This will indeed work perfectly for what i want, my question is this;
can i get the same effect using jpgs from an external source?
thankyou for looking
Sue
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-random-background/28943/2 "2003-08-20T17:14:11Z")
Yes thats possible.
Search the forums, that question has already been asked a few times 😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-random-background/28943/3 "2003-08-20T18:22:13Z")
thankyou i’ll do that 🙂