# Loading external Jpgs

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-jpgs/99525>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 19, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-jpgs/99525 "2004-01-19T20:04:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Laslett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@Laslett](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Laslett)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-jpgs/99525/1 "2004-01-19T20:04:19Z")

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how can you load external Jpgs into a swf instead of loading them and compiling the swf. so that they appear in the cache. Whats the function to do this, or is there a tut?