# Control loaded movie clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/control-loaded-movie-clip/272717>\
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**Created:** [October 7, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/control-loaded-movie-clip/272717 "2008-10-07T23:26:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![cdubone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cdubone](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cdubone)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/control-loaded-movie-clip/272717/1 "2008-10-07T23:26:21Z")

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I’m making a site that loads different external swf’s (based on which button was clicked). There is an empty movie clip called **[FONT=&quot]imageArea[/FONT]** that the swf’s are loaded into. This is based on the image load tutorial here on [Kirupa.com](http://Kirupa.com) ([http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flashcs3/loading\_image\_as3\_pg1.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flashcs3/loading_image_as3_pg1.htm)). Everything is working well up to this point.

I can’t seem to figure out how to control (stop, play) the movie clip once it’s loaded.  
Seems like it should be something like: **[FONT=&quot]imageArea[/FONT]**.content.play();

Anyone know how I can do this?