# Any ideas how to load external menu

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**Created:** [March 1, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-ideas-how-to-load-external-menu/14669 "2003-03-01T02:49:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eyeball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eyeball](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Eyeball)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-ideas-how-to-load-external-menu/14669/1 "2003-03-01T02:49:43Z")

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any ideas how to load external menu into main.swf .  
do i have to create 2 different empty MC’s

please let me know ASAP

Thx so much

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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:** [March 1, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-ideas-how-to-load-external-menu/14669/2 "2003-03-01T03:35:59Z")

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Well, you could create your menu in another swf-file, and then load that file into the main swf-file, on a different level.

loadMovieNum(“menuFile.swf”, 10);

…will load “menuFile.swf” into level 10 of the main swf.

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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:** [March 1, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-ideas-how-to-load-external-menu/14669/3 "2003-03-01T04:10:09Z")

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thx man it loaded with no problems , but now i have onother issue when my menu loads my menu buttons won’t load my external swf’s ?

anyways i am loading a external Mac X menu so not sure how to ?