# Check External movie's load status

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-external-movies-load-status/182762>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 21, 2006, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-external-movies-load-status/182762 "2006-03-21T09:14:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![NovemberRain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/73ab20/32.png) [@NovemberRain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NovemberRain)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-external-movies-load-status/182762/1 "2006-03-21T09:14:42Z")

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I’ve an empty movie clip on the stage and an external swf is loaded to that movieclip. How can I check the external movie’s frames are completely loaded or not from the base movie. Is it possible by targetting the empty movieclip? any help would really be appreciated. :z:

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**Author:** ![Jt\_01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@Jt\_01](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jt_01)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-external-movies-load-status/182762/2 "2006-03-21T11:31:22Z")

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```auto
[FONT=Courier New][LEFT][COLOR=#000000] **function** [/COLOR] checksize[COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=#0000FF]this[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000FF]onEnterFrame[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#000000] **function** [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=#0000FF]if[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF]_root[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]targetx[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]holder[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000FF]_width[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]
            [COLOR=#0000FF]delete[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF]this[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000FF]onEnterFrame[/COLOR];
            [COLOR=#0000FF]trace[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#FF0000]"width"[/COLOR]+[COLOR=#0000FF]_root[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]targetx[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]holder[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000FF]_width[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
        [COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR];
[COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR]
[/LEFT]
[/FONT]

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U can just check if the holder clip has anything in it, or if u need to test the frames just put a variable in the loaded movie like framesend= true, and test for that in your main movie.