# Pausing the loading of an external SWF?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-the-loading-of-an-external-swf/216801>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 20, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-the-loading-of-an-external-swf/216801 "2007-02-20T18:28:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![snailface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@snailface](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/snailface)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-the-loading-of-an-external-swf/216801/1 "2007-02-20T18:28:43Z")

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Does anyone know of a way to pause the loading of an external file so that it can be resumed later.

Alternatively, does anyone know of a way to detect the file size of an external file without actually loading it into your moive?