# Externally loaded SWF problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/externally-loaded-swf-problem/271218>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 19, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/externally-loaded-swf-problem/271218 "2008-09-19T20:07:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![birksy30](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@birksy30](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/birksy30)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/externally-loaded-swf-problem/271218/1 "2008-09-19T20:07:54Z")

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Hi,

I hope somebody can help me?

I have a SWF called ‘mainmovie’ and within it I have a movie clip called container in which I load an external SWF called ‘section1’.

‘Section 1’ has 2 scenes and at the end of the 1st scene I have the following code gotoAndPlay(“Scene 2”, 1);

For some reason ‘Section 1’ when loaded into ‘mainmovie’ does not progress past scene 1. Instead it jumps straight back to scene 1 of ‘mainmovie’.

I’m stumped.

Any help would be appreciated.