# Need some help loading external image

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-some-help-loading-external-image/284528>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 19, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-some-help-loading-external-image/284528 "2009-03-19T22:38:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![dXh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@dXh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dXh)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-some-help-loading-external-image/284528/1 "2009-03-19T22:38:24Z")

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Hello. First let me state that I am new to flash so excuse my ignorance.  
I am doing a tutorial from the kirupa site([http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flashcs3/loading\_image\_as3\_pg1.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flashcs3/loading_image_as3_pg1.htm))  
and I have a question.

How can I have this swf reload the image every five seconds? the file name stays the same, but the image changes every 5 seconds and I would like the swf to show the updated images.  
Thanks for your help.  
Cheers!

dXh