# Absolute targeting in a loaded swf

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/absolute-targeting-in-a-loaded-swf/64379
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 15, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/absolute-targeting-in-a-loaded-swf/64379 "2004-09-15T17:24:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![lopsided](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@lopsided](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lopsided)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/absolute-targeting-in-a-loaded-swf/64379/1 "2004-09-15T17:24:50Z")

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hi.  
i’m in the process of building a movie that is to be loaded and played into another main swf. the targeting (which is multi-level) works fine when the movie is played by itself but when it’s loaded and played in the main swf some of the targeting doesn’t work. i’ve tried using \_parent. and stuff like that but it’s not working. any ideas? can someone point me in the right direction? the frustrating thing is that some of the targeting does work. thanks.

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/absolute-targeting-in-a-loaded-swf/64379/2 "2004-09-15T20:04:50Z")

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Try to use \_level0 as the absolute \_root