# comboBox problems

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combobox-problems/169214>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 14, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combobox-problems/169214 "2005-11-14T15:22:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![offshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e57/32.png) [@offshore](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/offshore)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combobox-problems/169214/1 "2005-11-14T15:22:57Z")

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Hi,

I have a external swf thats loaded into a main swf. For some reason the components in the external swf dont work anymore. They are there, but the drop down is not working… I tried \_lockroot on the instance name… but its not working.

Any ideas?

THX