# Help! Trying to position an ext movie clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-trying-to-position-an-ext-movie-clip/235890>\
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**Created:** [August 15, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-trying-to-position-an-ext-movie-clip/235890 "2007-08-15T16:18:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-trying-to-position-an-ext-movie-clip/235890/1 "2007-08-15T16:18:30Z")

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Hi -

I’m trying to create an empty movie clip and load a .swf, but the movie clips keeps showing up aligned to the top left corner. I know this is a common question, but I tried and tried, but my script is not working. Can anyone please tell me if I’m missing something? In desperate need of help.

on (release) {  
\_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“cont\_mc”, 1);  
cont\_mc.\_x = 300;  
cont\_mc.\_y = 379;  
cont\_mc.loadmc = loadMovie(“Arch.swf”, 1);

}