# Imported swf loses all functions - help!

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**Created:** [April 28, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/imported-swf-loses-all-functions-help/49979 "2004-04-28T15:00:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![dredd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dredd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dredd)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/imported-swf-loses-all-functions-help/49979/1 "2004-04-28T15:00:50Z")

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to start out i m fairly new to flash and this site is a great help in many aspects of getting a website done.

now as suggested i am workin on separate parts of my website and plan to piece them together later. however a problem has come up:

i have two .swf files. the intro page - and the menu page. i want the menu page to open when the enter button on the intro page is clicked.

after mporting the menu.swf i can place it on the working area and choose all the various elements … but all the buttons, links and code are gone. every single piece of work done on menu.swf is lost upon importing it - am i doing something wrong?

the buttons, for instance, are no longer buttons but rather just symbols - graphics ☹

any help would be greatly appreciated!!

thanks,  
d