# Hide external swfs

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-external-swfs/216711
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 19, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-external-swfs/216711 "2007-02-19T21:59:39Z")
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### Author: ![pcsuger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e57/32.png) [@pcsuger](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pcsuger)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-external-swfs/216711/1 "2007-02-19T21:59:39Z")

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Hi,  
In my movie I have an external swf loading at level 1.  
loadMovieNum(“fotos.swf”, 1);  
When I go back to some other frames, i dont want the swf to unload, i want to hide it, or set alpha to 0.  
how do i do that?  
thx