# Load movie url?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-url/29295>\
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**Created:** [August 25, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-url/29295 "2003-08-25T14:14:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![seattle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@seattle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/seattle)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-url/29295/1 "2003-08-25T14:14:14Z")

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how do u write the url for a flash movie that u want to load. basically, when someone presses a button, it loads a movie in that frame. how do i give the url of that movie? c:\somemovie.swf or what?

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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:** [August 25, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-url/29295/2 "2003-08-25T14:21:25Z")

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and after i load it, how do i make it play?

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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:** [August 25, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-url/29295/3 "2003-08-25T14:22:40Z")

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What do you mean?  
Do you mean loading a movie into a browser from the internet of from a harddrive? The c:/ in your example is throwing me off. If I were you, I would load a html file into a browser instead of just a swf file - it would look better.

If you want to load a swf movie into an existing, running movie, you would use loadMovie(“url”); otherwise, you would use  
getURL(“url”,"\_self");

[edit]Flash movies will play automatically if you do not tell them otherwise[/edit]

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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:** [August 25, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-url/29295/4 "2003-08-25T14:23:07Z")

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no i think its just movie.swf but you have to have the movie in the same folder so if the movie you are loading into is

c:\My Documents\movie1.swf

then the other movie (the one that you are going to load) has to be.

c:\My Documents\movie2.swf

but you just have to movie2.swf it.

hope this helps

mike 😃

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**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-url/29295/5 "2003-08-25T14:30:27Z")

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ya that helps but when i did it and then previed it it doesnt play. hmmmmmmmmmm

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**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-url/29295/6 "2003-08-25T14:31:04Z")

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ahhh…i did exactly what u guys said but when i right click it doesnt on it it says “movie not loaded”

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**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-url/29295/7 "2003-08-25T14:34:27Z")

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okay now its opening it in a new window and playing, but i want it to open in the current window

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**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-url/29295/8 "2003-08-25T15:40:41Z")

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don´t know much as but…  
try to script this code om the main movie button that calls the movieclip:

loadMovieNum(“your movie”,1);  
Option on as window - don’t send.  
If you are calling another html page:  
GetUrl:“your html page” and in the same window chose the option “Parent” in the as window  
hope it helps  
=)

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**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-url/29295/9 "2003-08-25T16:54:45Z")

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hmmmm…now it just plays within the confines of the button

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**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-url/29295/10 "2003-08-25T16:55:18Z")

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is there a way to position it by y and x?  
also, i tried making a transparent movie and making it “the dropzone” but it doesnt play properly within

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**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-movie-url/29295/11 "2003-08-25T18:23:12Z")

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[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/full\_site.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/full_site.htm)

This will solve all your problems