# Controlling externally loaded clips - pls help!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-externally-loaded-clips-pls-help/119069>\
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**Created:** [August 11, 2004, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-externally-loaded-clips-pls-help/119069 "2004-08-11T07:08:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![interactionman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/aca169/32.png) [@interactionman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/interactionman)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-externally-loaded-clips-pls-help/119069/1 "2004-08-11T07:08:15Z")

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I’m trying to build my new website and am having a few problems with navigation.

I have a main movie with x2 clips containing the primary and secondary navigation.  
The first clip is the main navigation which loads external content movies into a “container” clip in the main movie and makes the second movie clip go to the correct frame to display the secondary navigation.

I want the secondary navigation to be able to control the externally loaded movie and navigate through its frames showing different ‘pages’ of content but can’t find a way to do it.

I’m currently using the code from [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/transitions.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/transitions.htm) as a basis for loading and playing the external movies, with an extra set of navigation buttons to control the loaded movie (in theory!)

I hope that makes enough sense for someone to be able to help!

Thanks,  
Stuart

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**Author:** ![NovemberRain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/73ab20/32.png) [@NovemberRain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NovemberRain)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-externally-loaded-clips-pls-help/119069/2 "2004-08-11T11:06:56Z")

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Could u pls upload the FLA File…i’ll correct this for you. 🙂

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**Author:** ![interactionman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/aca169/32.png) [@interactionman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/interactionman)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-externally-loaded-clips-pls-help/119069/3 "2004-08-13T02:47:48Z")

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> [@abhilashkk](#):
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> Could u pls upload the FLA File…i’ll correct this for you. 🙂

Hi,

thanks, I’ll put something together and upload ASAP. I’ve been trying a bunch of other things out so it’ll need a bit of cleaning up first!

Stuart

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**Author:** ![interactionman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/aca169/32.png) [@interactionman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/interactionman)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-externally-loaded-clips-pls-help/119069/4 "2004-08-17T01:52:02Z")

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Ok, here it is.

Basic interface with main flash file which includes a couple of movie clips with navigation in them and a bunch of external “content” movies.

“Three” has several frames that I’d like to be able to navigate through but it doesn’t seem to work.

Thanks if you can help out :o)

Stuart  
p.s. the design is very roughly put together for testing purposes only!