# Having problem loading an swf into an empty movie clip and allowing it to startDrag

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/having-problem-loading-an-swf-into-an-empty-movie-clip-and-allowing-it-to-startdrag/239827>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 26, 2007, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/having-problem-loading-an-swf-into-an-empty-movie-clip-and-allowing-it-to-startdrag/239827 "2007-09-26T12:11:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![juggernaut211](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@juggernaut211](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/juggernaut211)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/having-problem-loading-an-swf-into-an-empty-movie-clip-and-allowing-it-to-startdrag/239827/1 "2007-09-26T12:11:40Z")

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hello ppl, well this my first time writing a thread here and i guess that shows i frustrated i am i am trying to add an external swf into an empty movie clip and making that movie clip dragable across the entire screen so this is how i went about it…

this.\_parent.createEmptyMovieClip(“menupop”,200);  
this.\_parent.menupop.loadMovie(“menu.swf”);

```
    this._parent.menupop.onRelease = function()

```

{  
this.\_parent.menupop.startDrag("");  
}

please somebody tell me what im doing wrong