# HELP! Controlling External Movies
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-controlling-external-movies/6149
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 30, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-controlling-external-movies/6149 "2002-09-30T19:11:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Pandakid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pandakid)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-controlling-external-movies/6149/1 "2002-09-30T19:11:49Z")
Howdy,
I have a movie (movie1.swf) which loads “movie2.swf” onto level 2. What
is the scripting to make it go right to a specific frame in
“movie2.swf”? What if I wanted it to go to a specific scene in
“movie2.swf” right away upon load? Is it possible?
Thanks in advance…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2002, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-controlling-external-movies/6149/2 "2002-09-30T19:19:06Z")
It is possible. Load the movie into level2 and use
\_level2.gotoAndPlay(wherever)
\_leve2.gotoAndStop(wherever).
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2002, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-controlling-external-movies/6149/3 "2002-09-30T19:22:08Z")
Try this
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-controlling-external-movies/6149/4 "2002-09-30T19:51:30Z")
Flex, thanks for the quick response, but I’m still hitting a snag. Here is the script I used:
Frame 2 of my movie:
loadMovieNum(“navigation.swf”, 2);
Frame 3 of my movie:
\_level2.gotoAndPlay(“cart”, 1)
“cart” is the name of the scene I would like “navigation.swf” to go to. BTW, I wasn’t able to view the file you had left as my current computer is secured Fort-Knox-style. Thanks again.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2002, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-controlling-external-movies/6149/5 "2002-09-30T19:57:11Z")
It won’t go there if the movie is not loaded. Use a frames loaded check to see if the movie is loaded yet then go to the scene.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2002, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-controlling-external-movies/6149/6 "2002-09-30T20:05:45Z")
That was indeed the problem. Thanks for the help!