# Checking the current frame of an external loaded SWF?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checking-the-current-frame-of-an-external-loaded-swf/231659
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 6, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checking-the-current-frame-of-an-external-loaded-swf/231659 "2007-07-06T13:45:21Z")
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### Author: ![radus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@radus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/radus)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checking-the-current-frame-of-an-external-loaded-swf/231659/1 "2007-07-06T13:45:21Z")

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Hello,  
I have a main movie and into it I am loading an external SWF, using loadMovie(“myclip”, target\_mc). I want my main timeline to be able to tell where my loaded movie is, and when the loaded mc (myclip.swf) reaches frame 20, i want my main timeline to do another action (like, start playing a sound). How do I accomplish that? How do I check what is the current frame of the external mc??

Thank you.