# Controlling a movieclip that loads external swfs

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-a-movieclip-that-loads-external-swfs/44074>\
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**Created:** [February 29, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-a-movieclip-that-loads-external-swfs/44074 "2004-02-29T00:14:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![mlkedave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@mlkedave](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlkedave)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-a-movieclip-that-loads-external-swfs/44074/1 "2004-02-29T00:14:45Z")

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I have a button that stops a movie clip, the only thing is when I load an external SWF and use that movieclip as the container, it stops working.

I gave the movieclip an instance name “trans” and when i use  
[AS]  
trans.loadMovie(“trans.swf”)  
[AS]

To load an external SWF called trans the following AS

[AS]  
on (release) {  
\_root.trans.stop()  
}  
[AS]

stops working… ANy suggestions

Mike