# How do i pause/play external swf loaded with the Loader component

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-pause-play-external-swf-loaded-with-the-loader-component/63862>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 10, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-pause-play-external-swf-loaded-with-the-loader-component/63862 "2004-09-10T17:36:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![anchorball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@anchorball](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anchorball)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-pause-play-external-swf-loaded-with-the-loader-component/63862/1 "2004-09-10T17:36:39Z")

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I am trying to pause/play a swf loaded into a loader component.  
I tried putting it in a mc and contolling it that way but it aint work  
any hlp pleez?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-pause-play-external-swf-loaded-with-the-loader-component/63862/2 "2004-09-10T22:52:46Z")

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i don’t know the complete code but look up global in the actionscript dictionary it says it sends data to all the swfs running at that time i guess you could use that to communicate to the swf and have it check it all the time so when it gets the var si stop it will stop or play