# Can someone point me in a direction to start?

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**Created:** [September 18, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-someone-point-me-in-a-direction-to-start/31136 "2003-09-18T17:55:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![kevp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@kevp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kevp)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-someone-point-me-in-a-direction-to-start/31136/1 "2003-09-18T17:55:01Z")

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hey guys, i’m trying to make a presentation that will eventually play from a CD. I’m not trying to impress anyone with the flash work, So i’m keeping it super simple. I am familiar with the interface of flash, but i’ve only made slide show type files where i can go from scene to scene. I need a little help with getting the framework of this one. Here’s my logic:  
make a ‘main.fla’ movie with 5 ‘place holders’ with which i loadmovie or attachmovie external .swg’s to the panels as certain buttons are pressed. This is rather than fight with scenes and all that jazz. I know this is possible, i’ve just never attempted it before, and actionscript isn’t my friend quite yet.

so my ‘main.fla’ has two frames in the timeline and 5 panels that i guess will act like place holders (emptyclips i guess would be a better word). How do I initially loadmovie onto the place holders at the start of the main.fla movie? Is the code assigned to a frame? To one of the empty clips? What does the code look like for after a button press to load an external .swf onto a targeted place holder?

Just so you can get an idea of what i’m talking about, I posted the file [here](http://kevp.shackspace.com/uploads/main.fla) . Any words of advice would be greatly appreciatted.[