# F8 - Can't access external loaded clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-cant-access-external-loaded-clip/296665>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 17, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-cant-access-external-loaded-clip/296665 "2009-09-17T21:38:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![kumba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@kumba](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kumba)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f8-cant-access-external-loaded-clip/296665/1 "2009-09-17T21:38:05Z")

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No matter what I try to access this swf…\_root, \_parent, \_level0, etc…I can’t get to it. I did a targetPath and it returned “level0”…so I’m not sure what I’m missing.

Any ideas?

```auto

var player1holder:MovieClip = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("player1holder", 0);
var player1loader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
player1loader.loadClip("CartPlayer1c.swf", player1holder);

trace (_level0.player1holder.status); 

```

The clip loads but I can’t access it…also, there is a var “status” in the loaded swf.

Any help is greatly appreciated  
Kumba