# \_root.currMovie vs. \_global.variable

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-currmovie-vs--global-variable/180573>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 1, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-currmovie-vs--global-variable/180573 "2006-03-01T16:44:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![BoonDock](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/boondock/32/1188_2.png) [@BoonDock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BoonDock)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-currmovie-vs--global-variable/180573/1 "2006-03-01T16:44:05Z")

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I want to do transitions between my external .swf’s  
but I don’t want to use the \_root.currMovie method…

is there any other way to go about doing transitions between external .swf’s ??? possibly using a global variable instead?

Thanks.

Boon.