# Flash MX load movie clip problem (novice)

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**Created:** [August 31, 2004, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-load-movie-clip-problem-novice/121143 "2004-08-31T09:00:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![sci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@sci](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sci)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-load-movie-clip-problem-novice/121143/1 "2004-08-31T09:00:08Z")

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hello,

I’m getting confused with the following basic problem.

I’ve created a movie. Within this movie I have a movie clip called pro\_menu.  
Within “pro\_menu” I have an empty movie clip called “target\_mc” and a button. I want to load in an external swf called “test.swf” into “target\_mc” with the press on my button. I’ve coded it as follows:

on (press) {  
loadMovie(“test.swf”, “\_root.pro\_menu.target\_mc”);  
}

it doesn’t seem to work. Have I coded it incorrectly?

any solutions would be appreciated.