# Preloading/XML

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-xml/172423>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 14, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-xml/172423 "2005-12-14T05:19:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![FrankieB](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/frankieb/32/1238_2.png) [@FrankieB](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FrankieB)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-xml/172423/1 "2005-12-14T05:19:16Z")

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I was just wondering…when it comes to using XML to display data in Flash, is it necessary to have to preload the XML doc’s? I would imagine they wouldn’t be very large, so I would think XML would just pop right in, or am I wrong?