# Preloading external images question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-images-question/48204>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 11, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-images-question/48204 "2004-04-11T05:25:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![macneilslt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@macneilslt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/macneilslt)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-images-question/48204/1 "2004-04-11T05:25:06Z")

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Hey guys, I have a question about preloading external content, i know there has been a lot of posts about this already, but i can’t seem to find what i’m looking for using the forum search…

Basically, i have a site, with several pictures that are loaded externally into MCs, what i want to know, is how to preload these images, before my site starts playing?  
I need to keep them external though…I’m not really sure on how to do this…

:sigh: