# Optimizing Flash Components

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/optimizing-flash-components/71842>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 30, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/optimizing-flash-components/71842 "2004-11-30T02:13:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![JBB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@JBB](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JBB)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/optimizing-flash-components/71842/1 "2004-11-30T02:13:59Z")

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Hi,

I’m currently working on a database application project for school, and decided to take a stab at it with the flash components.

I made a plan and decided to divide all my sections in seperate .swf files.

I’ve been using mostly the combobox / dataset / datagrid and a remote connector in all my movies…but i noticed that it takes about 100kb just to compile them ( and on the first frame!)…i now have 6-7 movies, that are all around 110-150 kb…yikes! ( I basically have components in my movies, the rest is basically text )

Is there a way to optimize this? Or am i better off making one big movie?

thanks  
-JBB