# Extern load problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extern-load-problem/117634>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 29, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extern-load-problem/117634 "2004-07-29T01:11:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Napoly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Napoly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Napoly)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extern-load-problem/117634/1 "2004-07-29T01:11:29Z")

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This script works fine at my comp… but on web page my swf can’t load extern .jpgs and .txt… donno why…

here is my script in first keyframe…:

loadVariablesNum (“hpadmin/numberOfPics.txt”, 0);  
choice = Math.round(Math.random()\*\_root.photoNumber);  
switch (choice) {  
case 0 :  
loader.loadMovie(“house/house1.jpg”);  
break;  
case 1 :  
loader.loadMovie(“house/house2.jpg”);  
break;  
case 2 :  
loader.loadMovie(“house/house3.jpg”);  
break;  
case 3 :  
loader.loadMovie(“house/house4.jpg”);  
break;  
case 4 :  
loader.loadMovie(“house/house5.jpg”);  
break;  
case 5 :  
loader.loadMovie(“house/house6.jpg”);  
break;  
case 6 :  
loader.loadMovie(“house/house7.jpg”);  
break;  
case 7 :  
loader.loadMovie(“house/house8.jpg”);  
break;  
case 8 :  
loader.loadMovie(“house/house9.jpg”);  
break;  
case 9 :  
loader.loadMovie(“house/house10.jpg”);  
break;  
}

should i do some empty movie clip to load in?..

thx

I didn’t attached the jpgs… they have more than 90 kb… ☹

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**Author:** ![bobdoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@bobdoe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bobdoe)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extern-load-problem/117634/2 "2004-07-29T04:14:01Z")

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Im not really sure why your code wont work for me…the biggest suspicion I have is that you labeled your directory wrong or file name incorrectly. I tried to trace(\_root.photoNumber) and kept getting undefined.