# Preloading Batch of External Images

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-batch-of-external-images/277607>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 14, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-batch-of-external-images/277607 "2008-12-14T20:02:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![txnyriny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@txnyriny](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/txnyriny)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-batch-of-external-images/277607/1 "2008-12-14T20:02:27Z")

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Hi. I’m relatively new to Flash/AS3 and have no idea how I’d preload a set of photos (about 20) all at once as my photography website is downloaded, or as I link from my home page to my Gallery page. I’d like them to be preloaded so that mousing over thumbnails instantly loads the main image into the loader.

I know how to load external photos via a simple URLRequest, and how to build a preloader that responds to each image individually. But how to batch preload…beyond my understanding. If possible, I’d like to do it without XML since that steepens the learning curve.

Thanks a lot!