# Flash movie loading external SWF problems

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-movie-loading-external-swf-problems/226245>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 19, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-movie-loading-external-swf-problems/226245 "2007-05-19T05:00:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrewsvan88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@andrewsvan88](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/andrewsvan88)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-movie-loading-external-swf-problems/226245/1 "2007-05-19T05:00:45Z")

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Hey guys,  
Here’s my problem.  
**What I did**  
Use the tutorial [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/transitions.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/transitions.htm) to make my animation sequence and to make it automatically play the first SWF. So I ended up making the main movie called ‘main.swf’, and the other swfs that were to load into the main movie _stage1.swf, stage2.swf, stage3.swf_ and \*stage4.swf. \*

Put all the required SWF files into one folder called ‘Media’ for my website.

In Dreamweaver 8, I inserted the ‘main.swf’ into my webpage.

**The Problem**  
When I previewed the webpage in a browser, the main movie showed up with the buttons there, but they weren’t able to load the other swfs that i wanted it to. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix it? Or be able to make the main movie load the external swfs?