# Question loading external swf

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-loading-external-swf/326345
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [December 7, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-loading-external-swf/326345 "2011-12-07T20:16:34Z")
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### Author: ![WILWILWEL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a88e4f/32.png) [@WILWILWEL](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WILWILWEL)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-loading-external-swf/326345/1 "2011-12-07T20:16:34Z")

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In my main FLA/SWF I wanna send a command to an external SWF to start loading external data.\<br\>\<br\>Then I want to import that external SWF into my main FLA/SWF. During this import/UrlRequest\<br\>I wanna use the bytesLoaded feature in a preloader in the main FLA/SWF.\<br\>\<br\>With this I wanna control when, what gets loaded and shown onstage (including external dynamic data\<br\> without any delay’s.\<br\>\<br\>Question:\<br\>- Is is possible to send a (AS3) script command by URLrequest to another existing SWF which contains\<br\>an other script (AS3) and making it load extrenal data like html made up text, pictures, etc\<br\>- If so, is it possible to retrieve the bytesTotal of the external SWF (including the loaded/or still loading data)\<br\>- If not, is there another way to reach about the same goal?\<br\>\<br\>\<br\>