# Load swf into emtpy mc on startup

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-swf-into-emtpy-mc-on-startup/77971>\
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**Created:** [February 1, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-swf-into-emtpy-mc-on-startup/77971 "2005-02-01T03:20:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![lunatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lunatic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lunatic)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-swf-into-emtpy-mc-on-startup/77971/1 "2005-02-01T03:20:53Z")

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Why in the world won’t this work? I have an empty MC on the stage and nothing else. On the empty MC (named “clip”) I have:

```auto
onClipEvent(load){
this.loadMovie("myexternal.swf");
}

```

I’ve also tried \_root.clip and yes I’ve quadruple checked instance names etc.

What am I missing? I’ve done this a hundred times and today it doesn’t work? :hair: