# Help: how to target a certain frame in loaded external swf

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-how-to-target-a-certain-frame-in-loaded-external-swf/57410>\
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**Created:** [July 13, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-how-to-target-a-certain-frame-in-loaded-external-swf/57410 "2004-07-13T01:00:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![wheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4da419/32.png) [@wheel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wheel)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-how-to-target-a-certain-frame-in-loaded-external-swf/57410/1 "2004-07-13T01:00:34Z")

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can anyone help me with this? i have some buttons nested inside a mc (a scolling text field). i now want each of those buttons to load a same external swf ( it contents about 20 jpg) by clicking any one of them, but only to start and stop at certain frame(s) which correspond to that button. so to say, i can select different jpg from different buttons.  
or, should i make each jpg a separate swf since 20 or so 400x300 jpgs would make a swf size too big?  
any help would be appreciated.

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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:** [July 13, 2004, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-how-to-target-a-certain-frame-in-loaded-external-swf/57410/2 "2004-07-13T02:20:39Z")

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can anyone help me, please. thanks in advance.

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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:** [July 13, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-how-to-target-a-certain-frame-in-loaded-external-swf/57410/3 "2004-07-13T05:15:58Z")

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I don’t really understand what you are trying to do here, but why not just load in the jpg by hitting a button instead of making anything a swf? Like

```auto

on(release){
_root.movieClip.nestedClip.loadMovie("mypic.jpg");
}

```