# Controlling a movie loaded with loadMovie()
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-a-movie-loaded-with-loadmovie/2213
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [April 13, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-a-movie-loaded-with-loadmovie/2213 "2002-04-13T03:21:53Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-a-movie-loaded-with-loadmovie/2213/1 "2002-04-13T03:21:53Z")
Hey, guys! Stumped again. I am trying to load an external .swf file into a clip instance, so that I can move/resize/etc. with AS. First, I make a new movie symbol called “logo” in my main timeline. Then, I use:
logo.loadMovie(“myfile.swf”);
That doesn’t seem to work. I guess my REAL question is: how do you load an external .swf so that you can tweak it with AS?
THANKS!!!
Shannon
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-a-movie-loaded-with-loadmovie/2213/2 "2002-04-13T05:51:48Z")
the syntax is
loadMovie(url,target,method);
the method is post or get, but you can leave it out and simply put
loadMovie(“myExternalSwf.swf”, \_root.myMovieClip);
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-a-movie-loaded-with-loadmovie/2213/3 "2002-05-10T15:53:16Z")
or when you build the external .swf tell your actions to look at \_level0 then it won’t jack with you \_root