# HELP! path issue from main swf to external swf

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-path-issue-from-main-swf-to-external-swf/215826
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [February 10, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-path-issue-from-main-swf-to-external-swf/215826 "2007-02-10T22:35:16Z")
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### Author: ![thefink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@thefink](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thefink)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-path-issue-from-main-swf-to-external-swf/215826/1 "2007-02-10T22:35:16Z")

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Any help would be appreciated.

I have my main swf that has a container called “mc\_dropphotos” where I have:  
[COLOR=red]loadMovie(“photo\_scroll.swf”,\_root.mc\_dropphotos);[/COLOR]

[COLOR=black]In the photo\_scroll.swf there are movieclips that I want to get the x coordinate of and do something in the main swf by:[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=red]if (mc\_dropphotos.mcPhoto1.\_x \< -4.15){[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=red]etc.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=black]which is the path syntax I thought you use for checking properties from an external swf. I have tried \_root.mc\_dropphotos.mcPhoto1.\_x , \_root.mcPhoto1.\_x, \_root.mc\_dropphotos.mcPhotos.mcPhoto1.\_x, mc\_dropphotos.mcPhotos.mcPhoto1.\_x and none of them work either.[/COLOR]

Any suggestions? Thanks!

p.s. the mcPhoto1 movieclip is in another moviesclip in the secondary external swf and is called mcPhotos.