# Load an external swf using this method?

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**Created:** [January 6, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-an-external-swf-using-this-method/302695 "2010-01-06T03:50:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![OMG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@OMG](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/OMG)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-an-external-swf-using-this-method/302695/1 "2010-01-06T03:50:09Z")

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A weird question:  
I’ve always used URLRequest and Loader to load external swfs but today I tried this method:  
there’s main.fla/swf/as  
and asd.fla/swf/as  
asd is of the asd class  
and main is of the main class

in main.as, I used addChild(new asd())  
and in asd.fla I drew a random square on the stage  
but when I run main.fla, it does create a new asd instance (traced it) but the square doesn’t appear

is there some fundamental concept I didn’t understand here?