# Confused on loading external swf

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/confused-on-loading-external-swf/48703>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 15, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/confused-on-loading-external-swf/48703 "2004-04-15T23:28:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![skaiwayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@skaiwayne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skaiwayne)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/confused-on-loading-external-swf/48703/1 "2004-04-15T23:28:42Z")

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I have a flash movie thats using loadMovie() to load a swf into a clip and that works fine. The one swf I need to load into the clip on stage will only work with LoadMovieNum and a level. In this particular clip Im using loadvariables to values from a text file. Anyone seen this before?