# Preloading External Images from loadVars

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-images-from-loadvars/244116
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 14, 2007, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-images-from-loadvars/244116 "2007-11-14T12:28:15Z")
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### Author: ![mpanza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mpanza](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mpanza)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2007, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-images-from-loadvars/244116/1 "2007-11-14T12:28:15Z")

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Hello,

I am loading external text with the loadVars command. Within my external text, I am referencing images located in an images folder.

Currently when the page loads, there is a very noticable delay until the image loads. The text loads pretty quickly but the delay is on the images.

I need to figure out how to use the getBytesLoaded command with my loadVars command so that my external images display some sort of progress bar.

Any ideas???