# Help with loading external movie
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loading-external-movie/19627
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 30, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loading-external-movie/19627 "2003-04-30T00:29:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Mik3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mik3)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loading-external-movie/19627/1 "2003-04-30T00:29:03Z")
I made my site, and all the external movies load when I press test movie, and when I open the swf, but when i put it online… It doesn’t work! GRRR! I have all the external movies in the same folder as the main movie. Here is the code I used:
[AS]on (release) {
\_root.empty.loadMovie(“home.swf”);
}
[/AS]
empty is the movie the external movies load in
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loading-external-movie/19627/2 "2003-04-30T00:32:19Z")
```auto
on (release){
loadMovie("home.swf", _root.empty);
}
```
try that…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loading-external-movie/19627/3 "2003-04-30T00:38:18Z")
THANKS!
😏 😏
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loading-external-movie/19627/4 "2003-05-04T20:18:24Z")
still not working! ☹
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loading-external-movie/19627/5 "2003-05-04T20:31:56Z")
what are you using as a button a mc or a btn?? try using it like this
\_root.buttoninstancenamehere.onPress = function() {
loadMovie(“about\_final.swf”, “\_root.empty”);
};
should work if not post your fla so we can check it out
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loading-external-movie/19627/6 "2003-05-05T02:32:51Z")
Thanks!
I get this error when I test movie:
Scene=Scene 1, Layer=menu, Frame=2: Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler
\_root.empty.onRelease = function() {
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loading-external-movie/19627/7 "2003-05-05T03:12:07Z")
you use that script in the frame actions, not in the button actions.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loading-external-movie/19627/8 "2003-05-05T04:51:34Z")
yeah sorry i forgot to mention that your supposed to use that script in the timeline not on the actual button, i put all my code in 1 frame this way i dont have to go crazy looking for actions in mcs and buttons its a habit you should start practicing 😉