# How can I refer to loading movie?

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 26, 2008, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-refer-to-loading-movie/278301 "2008-12-26T11:09:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-refer-to-loading-movie/278301/1 "2008-12-26T11:09:30Z")

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“For display objects in loaded SWF files, root references the main timeline of that SWF file”.

I have loaded a .swf file into a movie clip of another .swf.

var ldr:Loader = new Loader();  
ldr.load(new URLRequest(“test.swf”));  
addChild(ldr);

This code is inside the movie clip. I have a dynamic text field named messageText in the main timeline of the loading movie. How can I refer to messageText from the loaded movie? If I use command root.messageText.text = “something” in the loaded movie it refers to the root of that movie. Is it possible to refer to the messageText of the loading movie (other root)?