# \[preload - simulate download\] Error #2044/Error #2036

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preload-simulate-download-error-2044-error-2036/273657>\
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**Created:** [October 18, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preload-simulate-download-error-2044-error-2036/273657 "2008-10-18T13:09:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preload-simulate-download-error-2044-error-2036/273657/1 "2008-10-18T13:09:11Z")

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Hi! Well, strange little problem.  
I made a small class to preload external assets (swf/jpg/xml…). It works really well for me on-line.

BUT, every time I test it locally (in the flash) with test movie \> simulate download, I works properly (it correctly loads the assets), but I always get this error:

Error #2044: Unhandled IOErrorEvent:. text=Error #2036: Load Never Completed.

But I repeat: files load correctly. So, what’s going on? NOTE that in my code there’s also the IOErrorEvent listener, that, when I for exemple I pass a wrong path, it is dispatched (this mean it works). But It doesn’t get dispatched here, just because the asset in fact loads.

a piece of code:

```auto
public function loadExtDisplay(file){

	loader = new Loader();
			
	loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, onLoadProgress, false, 0, true);
	loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoadComplete, false, 0, true);
	loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, onLoadInit, false, 0, true);
	loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,onIOError);
	
	loader.load(new URLRequest(file));
	dispatchEvent(new Event(FileLoader.LOAD_START));
	busy = true;
	
	return loader;
}

```

```auto
public function onIOError(e:IOErrorEvent):void{
	e.text = 'I/O ERROR';
}

```

What’s the problem?