# Importing swf problem - event dispatchers?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-swf-problem-event-dispatchers/260502>\
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**Created:** [May 16, 2008, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-swf-problem-event-dispatchers/260502 "2008-05-16T09:08:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alber\_Kidd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Alber\_Kidd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alber_Kidd)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-swf-problem-event-dispatchers/260502/1 "2008-05-16T09:08:52Z")

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I have a swf animation and when I load it into my mover with a loader I get lots of these type of error.

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.

Can someone give me a possible reason why?

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**Author:** ![Felixz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Felixz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Felixz)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-swf-problem-event-dispatchers/260502/2 "2008-05-16T12:16:46Z")

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propably u are referencing stage in loaded swf