# Flash MX error handeling

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-error-handeling/18148>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 13, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-error-handeling/18148 "2003-04-13T21:32:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Raydred](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/raydred/32/65_2.png) [@Raydred](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Raydred)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-error-handeling/18148/1 "2003-04-13T21:32:23Z")

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Hey guys!  
im making a flash movie where it loads in pics using the loadMovie() method…

i was curious… is there a way to tell if the file doenst exist? if so i want to display a defualt “not found” thing…  
anyone have any ideas?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-error-handeling/18148/2 "2003-04-13T21:42:51Z")

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that’s odd… the same question was asked over at bit-101 forums. here’s a link 🙂

[http://www.bit-101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1437&highlight=](http://www.bit-101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1437&highlight=)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-error-handeling/18148/3 "2003-04-13T21:51:56Z")

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Yeah, you could do a php script to see if the file exists and then return true or false. If true then loadMovie() else give error output.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-error-handeling/18148/4 "2003-04-13T23:35:06Z")

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hmm =) thanks alot for the ideas =)…

hopefully Macromedia will have methods to handle error handeling in the future hehe =)

(im spoiled with c# ) =)