# Buttons in external swfs

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-external-swfs/137520
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**Created:** [February 15, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-external-swfs/137520 "2005-02-15T14:23:13Z")
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### Author: ![halkiede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ab992/32.png) [@halkiede](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/halkiede)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-external-swfs/137520/1 "2005-02-15T14:23:13Z")

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Hi,  
First post here, so be gentle.  
I am having a problem getting buttons in my external .swf movies to load their appropriate content.  
In my main timeline of my root movie i have 4 buttons on the stage. One of these buttons loads in a new external swf onto the stage. To do this I use this actionscript to call the movie:

\_root.buttonmc.button1.onRelease=function() {  
if(nextMovie!=“content4.swf”){  
nextMovie=“content4.swf”;  
\_level1.gotoAndPlay(“outro”);  
}  
}  
This works perfect and loads in the content 4 movie. In the content movie I have another ten or so buttons which will load at the top of the page. when one of these buttons is clicked i want another movie to load directly underneath all these buttons. i want to keep all these buttons on the stage as these movies are illustrations i have done and i want each illustration to load and the user be able to navigate through them with buttons above them. i have created each illustration as a separate swf file as i want to do nice transitions between them. the actionscript that i use to control these buttons is basically the same as the script from my main menu:

\_parent.hellotheremc.madbutton.onRelease=function() {  
if(nextMovie!=“content150.swf”){  
nextMovie=“content150.swf”;  
\_level1.gotoAndPlay(“outro”);  
}  
}

The content 4 movie loads in and the buttons appear but none of these buttons will work. any ideas what i am doing wrong. I think it may have something to do with paths but I can’t figure it out.  
Thanked in advance