# Loading external images (from external domains)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-images-from-external-domains/276179>\
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**Created:** [November 24, 2008, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-images-from-external-domains/276179 "2008-11-24T08:56:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonze123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@jonze123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jonze123)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-images-from-external-domains/276179/1 "2008-11-24T08:56:59Z")

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Hello kirupa users :beer2:

I had a small problem in my latest work project where i wanted to load images from external domains.  
The problem was that i did not know if i really need the checkPolicyFile set to true or if i really need to load the crossdomain.xml to tell flash player where the acces is.  
As far as i know, in adobe as3 reference they stated that in order to load images from an external domain (a domain other than the one where the actual swf runs) you need a policy file or a security acces file in order to be able to do that.

My question is:  
1: could i load an image from external domains without having to load some external file (or the crossdomain.xml file)?  
2: if there is no possibility to load an image without the crossdomain policy why the checkPolicyFile method could take the value of false?

Thanks in advanced!

Regards.