# attachMovie on da Roots

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-on-da-roots/35469>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 14, 2003, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-on-da-roots/35469 "2003-11-14T10:18:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![jess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@jess](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jess)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-on-da-roots/35469/1 "2003-11-14T10:18:09Z")

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When you attach a movieclip taken from the symbol library to the Stage, by using the attachMovie function and its Linkage name, do you have to - previously - place a dummy instance of the mc anywhere on that Stage to get it works ?

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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:** [November 14, 2003, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-on-da-roots/35469/2 "2003-11-14T10:22:13Z")

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If you didn’t check the _Export in first frame_ option in the _Linkage Properties_ of the symbol, the answer is yes. 😛

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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:** [November 14, 2003, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-on-da-roots/35469/3 "2003-11-14T10:53:51Z")

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DOH ! X-)

for a while, was wondering what could this option be used for ?..  
Why does Macromedia doc so poor sometimes, especially on tricky topics ?.. :-/  
Ok, I don’t need to place this useless instance on the stage anymore now. Thanx Kode 🙂

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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:** [November 14, 2003, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-on-da-roots/35469/4 "2003-11-14T11:10:01Z")

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No problem. 🙂

And actually, I’d recommend you to keep dragging an instance onto the stage; you could have some preloader issues exporting it in the first frame. 😛

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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:** [November 14, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-on-da-roots/35469/5 "2003-11-14T12:36:28Z")

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mmmh… I see. Ok.

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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:** [November 14, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-on-da-roots/35469/6 "2003-11-14T12:53:43Z")

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Ok! 😛