# AS3 movieClip Path

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-movieclip-path/308590>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 26, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-movieclip-path/308590 "2010-04-26T16:29:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![satiss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@satiss](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/satiss)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-movieclip-path/308590/1 "2010-04-26T16:29:13Z")

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I am wondering why the AS3 movieClip target path are soo complicated? I’m loading a simple external swf that contain a movieClip that I want to play with. But I can’t find the proper syntaxe to call this movieClip… Can someone help me, please!

var swfLoader:Loader = new Loader();  
holderSWF.addChild(swfLoader);  
var externalSWF:URLRequest=new URLRequest(“externalFile.swf”);  
swfLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadProdComplete);  
swfLoader.load(externalSWF);  
function loadProdComplete(e:Event):void {  
// in AS2 I would say \_root.holderSWF.some\_movieClip.\_x = 50;

```
// My try in AS3
// 1120: Access of undefined property loader.
var swf:MovieClip = MovieClip(loader.content);    
swf._x = 50;

```

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