# \_level0, \_level1, \_level2? :Very Confused!

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-level0--level1--level2-very-confused/156386
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 25, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-level0--level1--level2-very-confused/156386 "2005-07-25T15:14:03Z")
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### Author: ![MistaEatRite](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mistaeatrite/32/1498_2.png) [@MistaEatRite](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MistaEatRite)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-level0--level1--level2-very-confused/156386/1 "2005-07-25T15:14:03Z")

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ok here’s my really, really quick question:

I’m setting up my whole site in Flash. My main movie which is used to navigate to the other pages is located at \_level0 or \_root. I have one empty movie clip located on the stage into which my pages will be loaded. Empty movie clip is located at \_level1. Now here’s my issue: one of my “pages” is my portfolio. I made my portfolio “page” into a .swf (obviously) into which smaller .swf’s representing my work will be loaded into. Now when i test my folio.swf and click on the buttons all of the “pages” of my folio load fine. But when i test my whole movie and load my folio.swf into the main movie and I press one of the buttons it keeps reloading the first movie that I automatically loaded in.

Alright let me try to explain this a bit better:

indexFlash(main.swf)  
I  
I  
I------press portfolio button(loads folio.swf)  
I  
I  
I—press a button on folio.swf  
(loads 1 of 6 “pages”)

The problem is that I have my first “page” automatically loaded into folio.swf thru a frame actionscript. When I test my other buttons on folio.swf AFTER I’ve had it(folio.swf) loaded into my main movie(indexFlash), my first page from folio keeps getting reloaded no matter what button I press. I went thru and checked the code for each of my buttons on folio.swf and they all reference the particular movies that they’re supposed to load. So I’m thinking that I have a problem with my paths in actionscript. If I have an empty MC on indexFlash.swf that I load folio.swf and folio.swf also has an empty movie clip in it to load the “pages” of my portfolio(folio.swf), do i script my path as

```auto
_root.contentMC.main1.loadMovie() 

```

where contentMC is the empty movieclip on indexFlash and main1 is the empty movieclip on folio or do i script it using \_level# or di I script it using \_parent or this? And How many levels would I have to go up to include folio.swf which contains main1(empty movieclip)? I’m really confused. Would someone break it down for me, please?  
:\*(