# External .swf loaded into movieclip doesn't respond
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-loaded-into-movieclip-doesnt-respond/57546
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 14, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-loaded-into-movieclip-doesnt-respond/57546 "2004-07-14T03:50:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@xezton](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xezton)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-loaded-into-movieclip-doesnt-respond/57546/1 "2004-07-14T03:50:48Z")
Ok. I have a flash movie that contains a movieclip called “m\_externalSection” and when a user presses a button it loads one of many external .swf’s.
These .swf files are basically filled with some buttons that move around when you click them and some text fields that change depending on what button you’ve clicked.
The external .swf files work fine on their own, but when you load them into “m\_externalSection”, they don’t do anything, none of the buttons does anything at all. Flash ‘sees’ the buttons (the cursor changes to a hand) but when you click nothing happens.
What could I be doing wrong so that my external .swf isn’t working when it’s loaded into a movieclip?
Thanks.
–Xezton
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-loaded-into-movieclip-doesnt-respond/57546/2 "2004-07-14T04:29:35Z")
OMG I totally just answered my own question.
I had to replace all of the \_root’s in my external .swf to \_parent’s. That fixed EVERYTHING.
I gotta remember to do that!
Sorry! 🙂
–Xezton
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-loaded-into-movieclip-doesnt-respond/57546/3 "2004-07-14T19:14:56Z")
i have no \_root’s in my movie what should i do?. i have the same problem.
from khawar
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-loaded-into-movieclip-doesnt-respond/57546/4 "2004-07-14T20:11:01Z")
do you have anything that is \_level0?
kinda a long the lines of the other post, it might help if your code in the external swf uses “this” else it affects actions the swf in other timelines.
blessings…