# Load movie into movie clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-into-movie-clip/15366>\
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**Created:** [March 13, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-into-movie-clip/15366 "2003-03-13T13:16:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![urbanjackal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@urbanjackal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/urbanjackal)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-into-movie-clip/15366/1 "2003-03-13T13:16:46Z")

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Hi Guys,

Flash Newbie Here, I havent even completed my first site yet, just a quick question for som1 with the knowledge.

I Have A Movie Clip Which is Set To Top Left In That MC I Have Drawn A rectangle The Same Size As the SWF I wanted to Load in that MC.

So My question is:  
How Do I Load The Seperate SWF into that Movie Clip?  
What AS Do I Use?  
Were do i put that AS. in the main timeline or the MC timeline?

I guess it wasnt such a quick question after all. thanks to all that help…  
you can either reply to this thread or send me a FLA or intructions to [Ben\_trundley@hotmail.com](mailto:Ben_trundley@hotmail.com)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-into-movie-clip/15366/2 "2003-03-13T14:06:38Z")

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instead making a movieclip for attaching swf file, just make an emptyMovieclip from the AS

//on the frame action in the main timeline  
this.createEmptyMovieClip(“container”,1);  
//positioning the emptyMovieClip named container  
container.\_x =0;  
container.\_y =0;  
//attach the swf file which is in the same folder  
container.loadMovie(“filename.swf”);  
//that’s it

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-into-movie-clip/15366/3 "2003-03-13T15:04:52Z")

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here is a tutorial on loading movies:

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/loading.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/loading.htm)