# Accessing variables in a external swf

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-variables-in-a-external-swf/246458>\
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**Created:** [December 11, 2007, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-variables-in-a-external-swf/246458 "2007-12-11T11:11:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-variables-in-a-external-swf/246458/1 "2007-12-11T11:11:14Z")

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hello everyone,

i am facing a problem in accesing the movieclips/function/contents of a extenal swf.

I used movieclip loader to load the swf.

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i have two files… preview.swf and main.swf

preview.swf loads an xml and renders its content. the xmlpath is embedded in preview.swf.  
when i play the file directly, it seems to load the content.  
however when i load preview.swf into main.swf with a moviecliploader, it does not load or render the xml.

i cant even access the functions / variables in the file preview.swf

can some one help me…