# Complicated question (imo)! :D **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [January 1, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complicated-question-imo-d/38935 "2004-01-01T04:07:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cartoonfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@cartoonfox](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cartoonfox)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complicated-question-imo-d/38935/1 "2004-01-01T04:07:57Z")
hi, heres an explanation of what i want. i have a frame with a movieclip. this movieclip is 15 frames long. what i want is an external swf to be loaded. the code is on a different layer of the same frame. but i dont want to load it untill the movieclip has reached frame 15. but i cant simply put the code at the end of the movieclip because i’m using the same transition for other frames, but loading different swf’s. and i dont want to make like 10 versions of the same movieclip just to change the code at the end. is there anyway of loading something once a movieclip has ended/reached a certain frame, but from the root frame? if it doesnt make sense, i’ll try to explain more. so i’m looking for something like… umm… [non-actionscript talk!][color=red]once movieclip “transition” has reached frame (15)[/color] load external movie “movie.swf”[/non-actionscript talk!] i know the code for loading the swf. i just need the code in [color=red]red[/color] thanks for any help. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complicated-question-imo-d/38935/2 "2004-01-01T06:03:52Z")
give us your fla then 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complicated-question-imo-d/38935/3 "2004-01-01T06:08:22Z")
the fla is too big. and my host is down. basically, i want a frame action to load an external swf (that i can do) but i want it to be delayed. all on one frame. can it be done? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complicated-question-imo-d/38935/4 "2004-01-01T07:29:12Z")
Like this maybe??? Go to the “actions” layer and look at where you can add the swf you wanna load in. hope this helps ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complicated-question-imo-d/38935/5 "2004-01-01T07:49:32Z")
thanks. someone at flash kit just helped me too. your fla has an error in it. everytime i test it says undefined, repeated. thanks again though. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complicated-question-imo-d/38935/6 "2004-01-01T08:06:43Z")
it says undefined cos u need to specify the clip you need to load in… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complicated-question-imo-d/38935/7 "2004-01-01T08:12:30Z")
i did. it loaded the movieclip, but still had the undefined error. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complicated-question-imo-d/38935/8 "2004-01-01T10:33:28Z")
I modified hga77’s sample a little and it’s working now scotty(-: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complicated-question-imo-d/38935/9 "2004-01-01T10:51:45Z")
Nothing, I just simplified it a bit. The “undefined” message comes, because you define your variable in frame 15 of the clip. If you put “\_global.frame = 0” in the first frame of your movie (I also forgot that one:-\ ) you get rid of the “undefined”. I didn’t test it with swf’s, what’s acting funny? scotty(-: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complicated-question-imo-d/38935/10 "2004-01-01T11:03:38Z")
i dunno…cartoonfox was saying there’s an error or something! When I tested it, it was fine! Apart from a single swf that just did’nt want to load. dunno why!!! It works on the others. thanks anyway scotty ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complicated-question-imo-d/38935/11 "2004-01-01T12:14:14Z")
No problem We just wait till cartoonfox is awake;) scotty(-: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/complicated-question-imo-d/38935/12 "2004-01-01T12:21:49Z")
Yeah…he might be having nightmares about this error anytime now :hr: PS. cartoonfox, just wanna say, when you wake up and read this, im only kiddin :sleep: 😉