swf file size: how to find out?

[eggnogg]

how do i retrieve the size of an external swf file with actionscript?

Ricardo

[annexion]

If you're loading it into the movie you're calling it from you can use getBytesTotal().

[eggnogg]

hi.

isn't there another way?what if i just wanna be able to get the file size of an swf, without having to load it?

i tried this:

loadMovie("GK01.swf", "container");
_root.talk = container.getBytesTotal();

but this dosen't work properly. _root.talk is always 12.

BUT if put a button on the stage with the second line of code and keep the first code line on the first frame, when i press the button i get the right bytes of the file!

this makes me believe that i cannot retrieve the files value, befores the loaded swf starts loading into the container!