# Access Objects from a external .swf

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-objects-from-a-external-swf/221683>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 6, 2007, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-objects-from-a-external-swf/221683 "2007-04-06T10:17:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnPopes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@JohnPopes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JohnPopes)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-objects-from-a-external-swf/221683/1 "2007-04-06T10:17:31Z")

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Hey i loaded a flash mx movie into a flash 8 movie, and now i need to detect if a button of the loaded movie is pressed but i simply dont know how.

i used:  
var news\_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();  
news\_mcl.loadClip(“source.swf”, newscontainer\_mc);

to load the movie, and i have a movieclip inside it with the instance name “read”, and i need the code to put in the parent movie (the flash 8 one) to detect a onRelease on that “read” movieclip.