# Preload external jpgs individually

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preload-external-jpgs-individually/191527>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 21, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preload-external-jpgs-individually/191527 "2006-06-21T04:46:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![ikandee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ikandee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ikandee)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preload-external-jpgs-individually/191527/1 "2006-06-21T04:46:55Z")

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Let me be the first to say that **I am far from being an expert at actionscript** … I have spent hours upon hours trying to work this out and I am sure it is not that hard!

What I am trying to achieve is to implement a feature where the user clicks on a thumbnail to view a larger image. I want the larger image to load with a preloader, then once the user closes the larger image to then be able to view another larger image…

I have attached a FLA file to show what I am trying to do. All the tutorials I have come accross load the images with next/previous buttons - but I don’t want this as I want the user to be able to select whichever thumbnail they wish to view.

Can anyone help me out?