# Help navigating from external .swf menu button based on tutorial by Claudio:

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-navigating-from-external-swf-menu-button-based-on-tutorial-by-claudio/109620>\
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**Created:** [May 7, 2004, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-navigating-from-external-swf-menu-button-based-on-tutorial-by-claudio/109620 "2004-05-07T07:34:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sany](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Sany](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sany)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-navigating-from-external-swf-menu-button-based-on-tutorial-by-claudio/109620/1 "2004-05-07T07:34:43Z")

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[color=#003366]I have created a menu system on the home.swf page based on this tutotorial by Claudio **Preloader** [font=Verdana]\*\* and Transition for Dynamic Files. \*\*My question is how can I add a submenu system into one of the externally loaded .swf files. I have tried using the following inside the external .swf: [/font][/color]  
[color=#003366][font=Verdana][/font][/color]  
sub\_menu\_b1.onRelease = function() {  
if (\_root.section != “[http://www.site.com/01\_sub.swf") { \_root.section = "[url=“http://www.site.com/01\_sub”]http://www.site.com/01\_sub](http://www.site.com/01_sub.swf).swf”;  
\_root.transition.gotoAndPlay(“closing”);  
}  
};  
[color=#003366][font=Verdana][/font][/color]  
[color=#003366][font=Verdana]but it does not seam to work? is it because there are problems controlling mc from external .swfs? Can anyone help?[/font][/color]  
[color=#003366]Thanks[/color]  
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[color=#003366]Sany[/color]

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**Author:** ![Tony\_Bolero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Tony\_Bolero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tony_Bolero)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-navigating-from-external-swf-menu-button-based-on-tutorial-by-claudio/109620/2 "2004-08-25T16:11:11Z")

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Great it works! I have tried all day without succes and then I found your post.

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**Author:** ![Sany](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Sany](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sany)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-navigating-from-external-swf-menu-button-based-on-tutorial-by-claudio/109620/3 "2004-08-25T16:40:32Z")

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Glad to hear it Tony! I was getting lonesome here all on my own!!