# Load movie positioning

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-positioning/2057>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 11, 2002, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-positioning/2057 "2002-06-11T07:30:39Z")\
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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:** [June 11, 2002, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-positioning/2057/1 "2002-06-11T07:30:39Z")

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I can start an external swf file with the load movie command.  
But how can I position the thing in my main movie?

Help, please!

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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:** [June 11, 2002, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-positioning/2057/2 "2002-06-11T10:00:58Z")

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when you load your movie, you’re giving your movie an instance name.

loadmovie(“myswf.swf”,“myemptymc”);

in this example, we use target instead of level. This means that you will have an empty MC called myemptymc. When you load myswf.swf, it will load into myemptymc and therefore adopt it’s position. If you still wanted to change positions, you could still do it anytime after the load…

loadmovie(“myswf.swf”,“myemptymc”);  
myemptymc.\_x=200;  
myemptymc.\_y=200;

Hope this helps.

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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:** [June 11, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-positioning/2057/3 "2002-06-11T18:33:20Z")

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thank u. been a big help