# Preloading external content loaded through xml

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-content-loaded-through-xml/220440>\
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**Created:** [March 26, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-content-loaded-through-xml/220440 "2007-03-26T13:17:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![hardright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/fbc32d/32.png) [@hardright](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hardright)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-content-loaded-through-xml/220440/1 "2007-03-26T13:17:28Z")

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I want to preload an external swf which loads a large image through xml. I can do this successfully when the image is already contained within the external swf but because its loaded via xml the preloader doesn’t return the correct amount of bytesTotal.

Any tutorials around for this any suggestions?