# Linkage Issue

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linkage-issue/278176>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 23, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linkage-issue/278176 "2008-12-23T14:25:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![instructDesign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9d8465/32.png) [@instructDesign](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/instructDesign)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linkage-issue/278176/1 "2008-12-23T14:25:38Z")

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Hey all,

This is sort of my last resort. I have read like 13 other forums as well as the adobe forum and everyone says the samething, however I have put like 6 hours of work into coding this and it would suck if its impossible.

I created a lecture that uses mp3 files and I used the linkage option within the library to use the mp3 files in my AS. My code works and everything is great. All the controls are perfect.

**PROBLEM:**  
The preloader. I understand that by having each mp3 file export to the first frame it gets called before the preloader function. When I uncheck export to first frame, I get a 1180 error. I have changed the publish settings to it exports to the 5th frame. I still get the 1180 error.

I need a solution that only has one (1) swf file, doesn’t export to the first frame, and does not give me a 1180 error (call to possibly undefined method).

I have a sneaky suspition that it is a flaw within Flash itself and therefore has no workaround/fix. But I am optimistic that someone else has had this issue and has been working on a solution.

Thanks,

Pete

ps. When posting using FireFox you can’t highlight or move around your post. FireFox Rocks!!