# createEmptyMovieClip as background

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/createemptymovieclip-as-background/164353
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 30, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/createemptymovieclip-as-background/164353 "2005-09-30T12:59:11Z")
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### Author: ![mucho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@mucho](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mucho)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/createemptymovieclip-as-background/164353/1 "2005-09-30T12:59:11Z")

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I know it`s been asked a 100 times before, sorry, could`t find an appropriate thread.

To load a mc into the background of an swf, i use this:

this.createEmptyMovieClip(“canvas\_mc”, 0);  
canvas\_mc.loadMovie(“images/image01.swf”);

but it`s loading it on top of everything else… I need it in the background.

Ideas, comments, thoughts, answers.

Thanks a bunch,  
M.