# Events in external SWF

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/events-in-external-swf/238253>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 9, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/events-in-external-swf/238253 "2007-09-09T00:09:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![WMarsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@WMarsh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WMarsh)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/events-in-external-swf/238253/1 "2007-09-09T00:09:53Z")

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Hi. I have an external SWF made in the Flash IDE that is loaded in my AS, and then dispatches events. I don’t seem to be able to pick up these events in my AS3 code - is this possible, and if so how should be be dispatching and subscribing to these events?