# Code only works when not embedded in html?
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**Created:** [July 9, 2007, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/code-only-works-when-not-embedded-in-html/231905 "2007-07-09T14:33:02Z")\
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**Author:**  [@sourgasm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sourgasm)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/code-only-works-when-not-embedded-in-html/231905/1 "2007-07-09T14:33:02Z")
This has kind of thrown me for a loop. Maybe there’s some simple little option in the publish settings that i’m screwing up. Here’s the relevent directory:
[http://sour.org/testing](http://sour.org/testing)
Save “doeet.swf”, “illustration.swf” and “01\_n.jpg” to your hard drive. Open up doeet.swf and click on the illustration button when able. You’ll be presented with two viewing options, choose the second [to remain in flash only]. Click on the very first icon. Presto, a draggable imported JPG. No big deal.
Now save the doeet.html to the same directory and try through that. Or try just clicking on doeet.swf within that open directory on [sour.org](http://sour.org). Navigate to the same area and, pffft. It loads up partially masked, it seems [i’m using no masks] and completely flops.
Anyone have any clue why it would do this?
The FLA files are in that directory. To briefly explain the scripting:
doeet.swf - illustration button has code to first shut down any currently loaded section, then load up the external swf for the illustration section.
illustration.swf - the thumbnail panels [three: illustration, flyers, doodles] have actionscript in their first frame containing various functions [one to load up external JPGs and position them. one to launch a popup with the external JPG]. the thumbnails themselves have coding to delegate that scripting. It’s all very messily scripted right now. still in an early development stage.
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