# External swf covering up menu

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-covering-up-menu/163226>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 20, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-covering-up-menu/163226 "2005-09-20T20:02:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sirenetta1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Sirenetta1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sirenetta1)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-covering-up-menu/163226/1 "2005-09-20T20:02:52Z")

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Hello!

On my main\_test.swf, I have an emptymovieclip that is loading a menu. My problem is that whenever I load an external swf onto the main stage, it covers up the menu. The external swfs are loading into Level 1 and the menu is loading into Level 2. I thought that by loading into Level 2 the menu would appear on top of the external swf?

Can you help me with this problem? I’ll attach my files to this post as well. Thanks!

Code I’m using:

```auto

//load external swf
nextMovie="content1.swf";
loadMovieNum(nextMovie,1);

//load menu box
createEmptyMovieClip("container", 2);
container._x = 3;
container._y = 35;
container.loadMovie("menu.swf");

```