# attachMovie problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-problem/173682>\
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**Created:** [December 28, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-problem/173682 "2005-12-28T16:59:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![dande](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@dande](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dande)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-problem/173682/1 "2005-12-28T16:59:08Z")

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Hi all!  
I have a little problem:

- I have one mc (say book\_mc), and on the root I create an empty movieclip in AS then I load an external SWF into that. In book\_mc I create a new movieclip, then I try to attach the movieclip loaded in the \_root to the newly created movieclip in book\_mc. Not working. ☹

- When I trace the movieclip - which was loaded in \_root - from book\_mc, I see the object, when I trace the attachMovie function (which have to return the reference to the attached object) I get an undefined.

Anybody any clues?  
Thanks for your time!

Dan