Does using external action script files slow load time?

if so, how much?

[benlieb]

I'm confused. I have two .swf files of roughly the same size on different pages. One always loads much quicker than the other.

The major difference is that the slow one uses 40 lines of action script in 2 external files, where the fast one uses many images. This seems backwards to me, that the actionscript file should load quicker.

In anyone's experience, does using external actionscript files slow load time? Would it be faster to put them in the file? How can this be measured other than "eye balling" it?

[Richard_N]

40 lines of AS is very little, not sure why you would have them in an external file anyway to be honest?

Also in the other file just wondering why the images are embedded and not called as needed?