# Another external swf problem!
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-external-swf-problem/38875
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [December 31, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-external-swf-problem/38875 "2003-12-31T00:57:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@cartoonfox](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cartoonfox)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-external-swf-problem/38875/1 "2003-12-31T00:57:42Z")
hi, i have another external swf problem. though not so urgent this time. 😃
i have an swf which is just some text mc’s.
when i load it, it isnt placed right. and if i move the blank mc that loads the swf, it doesnt change when i test it.
why could this be? i’ll try and post a fla in a minute.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-external-swf-problem/38875/2 "2003-12-31T01:17:23Z")
the fla is too big, and i cut it down too!! ☹
if anyone would be so kind as to lend me some space on their host. only 1.7 MB, and only untill a few people download it.
i know its cheacky, but my host is down for a few days and i really need help with this.
thanks in advance…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-external-swf-problem/38875/3 "2003-12-31T02:44:21Z")
> i have an swf which is just some text mc’s.
1.7 meg!!! Thats a hell of a lot of text
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-external-swf-problem/38875/4 "2003-12-31T14:02:44Z")
lol, no. the main movie is 1.7 MB, the external swf (text) is 4k!! 😃
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-external-swf-problem/38875/5 "2003-12-31T14:42:17Z")
ok, i fixed it, but it was very strange.
what i had to do was open the external swf fla, and move the text mc from there. i had to move it so that it was nerley completley off the stage. only a small bit was showing (so if i test movie, only a corner of the text is showing) but when i tested the main site, the text appered like normal, in the right place.
surley there’s an easier way to move external content…:bu: