# Flash not loading .gif

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-not-loading-gif/264803>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 30, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-not-loading-gif/264803 "2008-06-30T18:32:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Syous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-not-loading-gif/264803/1 "2008-06-30T18:32:08Z")

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So I have an .swf created that imports images from the server via xml. It loads jpeg’s fine, but for some reason it won’t load a .gif, the .gif isn’t corrupt or misspelled.

Here’s the AS we use to load the images.

```auto
image_mcl = new MovieClipLoader();
 image_mcl.addListener(tlistener);
 image_mcl.loadClip(thumbnails[k], "thumbnail_mc.t"+k);

```

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**Author:** ![claudio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@claudio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/claudio)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-not-loading-gif/264803/2 "2008-07-01T10:47:17Z")

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Make sure your gif is non-animated, and test it with Flash Player 8 or later.

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**Author:** ![Syous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-not-loading-gif/264803/3 "2008-07-01T13:55:33Z")

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Done and done, no dice.

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**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-not-loading-gif/264803/4 "2008-07-01T14:23:55Z")

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image\_mcl.loadClip(thumbnails[k], “thumbnail\_mc.t”+k);

That won’t work.

depending on where your mcl loadClip method is called, I’d suggest doing something like

```auto

var target:MovieClip = this.thumbnail_mc["t"+k];
image_mcl.loadClip(thumbnails[k], target);

```

Obviously if ‘this’ is targetting something else because of where you are calling the loadclip, you might want to change it to the appropriate container.