# External SWFs and onResize()

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swfs-and-onresize/249357
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 17, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swfs-and-onresize/249357 "2008-01-17T22:04:59Z")
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### Author: ![papernapkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@papernapkin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/papernapkin)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swfs-and-onresize/249357/1 "2008-01-17T22:04:59Z")

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Ok something simple but i’m stumped.

I am developing a full browser Flash site and everything works perfectly except one thing…  
I have an empty movie clip that is loading an external SWF. The thing is, the external SWF doesn’t appear until I resize the browser the window as if it where within the onResize() function.

At first I used loadMovie and then I went to MovieClipLoader. Both with the same outcome. The paths have to be correct because the SWF does load when I resize the browser window but I need the SWF to appear even if there is no resize.

In all my years of Flash I have not encountered this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.