# External swf question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-question/280182>\
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**Created:** [January 23, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-question/280182 "2009-01-23T19:37:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![roughreg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2acd7d/32.png) [@roughreg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/roughreg)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-question/280182/1 "2009-01-23T19:37:58Z")

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Hi. first time poster, long time reader.

Question:  
I have an swf that loads an external swf. this loads fine. but the external swf loads \*another \*external swf, a grandchild movie if you will. unfortunately, this granchild movie is not loading…at all. I want it to load along the timeline.

More specifically, I have a button that loads a certain part of the child movie(according to the label I’m playing), then on a frame within that label, i have the loadMovie code written on a keyframe, followed by a stop. It loads into an empty movieclip. In the grandchild movie, everything loads fine in its own respective swf, but not in the child movie.

Help!! Please

Thanks