# Stop loading a file before it finishes?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-loading-a-file-before-it-finishes/236835
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 24, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-loading-a-file-before-it-finishes/236835 "2007-08-24T00:57:51Z")
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### Author: ![daheroes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@daheroes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daheroes)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-loading-a-file-before-it-finishes/236835/1 "2007-08-24T00:57:51Z")

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Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to stop loading a file (in this case an XML file) before it finishes? Because right now, if a user decides to load a different page while the first is loading, it causes an error.

Cheers.