# Load movie question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-question/96722>\
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**Created:** [December 12, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-question/96722 "2003-12-12T18:51:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![macneilslt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@macneilslt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/macneilslt)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-question/96722/1 "2003-12-12T18:51:17Z")

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I’m making a site in flash, and i use:  
[AS]  
on(release) {  
\_root.main.loadMovie(“main.swf”);  
}

[/AS]

to load external .swf files into empty movie clips…

How can i alter the AS so that if that movie is already loaded, it won’t load it again?

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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:** [December 12, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-question/96722/2 "2003-12-12T19:14:59Z")

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Stick it in a level.

on(release) {  
\_root.main.loadMovieNum(“main.swf”, 1);  
};

This way once it is loaded into level one it will stay or unload automatically ONLY when a new content swf is placed into level 1 to replace it.

Using this method you do not need to unloadMovie(); again.

Hopefully this is what you want. If more needed please post again.

–jmac

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