# Controlling SWF that were loaded externally

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-swf-that-were-loaded-externally/45564>\
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**Created:** [March 16, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-swf-that-were-loaded-externally/45564 "2004-03-16T00:01:51Z")\
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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:** [March 16, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-swf-that-were-loaded-externally/45564/1 "2004-03-16T00:01:51Z")

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I have posted a similiar question and looked all over the place but it just doesn’t seem to work. I am trying to have a play and stop button that controls a externally loaded swf and I just can get it to work… I am using the following AS…

[AS]  
on (release) {  
\_root.container.transition.stop();  
}  
[/AS]

My container is obviously called “container” and my swf that is loaded is called “transition” and it just won’t work. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks

Mike