# How to play movieclip that has been loaded into a sprite?(also external file import)?

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**Created:** [May 31, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-play-movieclip-that-has-been-loaded-into-a-sprite-also-external-file-import/328617 "2012-05-31T05:34:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-play-movieclip-that-has-been-loaded-into-a-sprite-also-external-file-import/328617/1 "2012-05-31T05:34:21Z")

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I tried just using the gotoAndPlay method on the sprite, but it gives me an error. How do i go about correctly doing this?

What i am trying to do is load a character into separate sections via sprites within one main sprite, so when i click one button, it will play one sprite (the arms or feet for example), while still enabling me to perform a second movement with a separate part of the body at the same time if i press a different button.

the reason i am telling you this is because i also want to know how i could import one ‘character’, its movements, image files, etc. from an external file, so in the primary as3 file i could still trigger its movements after simply importing the characters file.

Any help, links, suggestions would be great. thanks.