# Loader question **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [May 18, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-question/260653 "2008-05-18T06:37:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnlouis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/johnlouis/32/568_2.png) [@johnlouis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnlouis)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-question/260653/1 "2008-05-18T06:37:02Z")
in AS2.0, when I load a swf into a MovieClip, that movieclip becomes the “stage” of the swf. I could then easily position and access my swf. How do I do the same in AS3? and oh, my loaded swf has a liquid layout, and I want the layout to adapt to the size of the Loader object, not the main stage. is that possible? ---
**Author:** ![Exodar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e79b87/32.png) [@Exodar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Exodar)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-question/260653/2 "2008-05-18T14:14:08Z")
[http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=298200](http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=298200) from there, you can position your swf, scale it,…etc. is this what you were looking for? ---
**Author:** ![johnlouis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/johnlouis/32/568_2.png) [@johnlouis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnlouis)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-question/260653/3 "2008-05-18T16:42:37Z")
thanks. what i’m actually trying to do is assign the Loader object to be the swf’s stage. is that possible? and how do I access the movieclips, etc in my loaded swf? ---
**Author:** ![Felixz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Felixz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Felixz)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-question/260653/4 "2008-05-18T19:47:41Z")
1 - Impossible, stage can be only one. Maybe u need just root. 2 - through loader.content ---
**Author:** ![johnlouis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/johnlouis/32/568_2.png) [@johnlouis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnlouis)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-question/260653/5 "2008-05-19T03:02:36Z")
thanks Felixz my loaded swf is being dynamically resized using the stage.stageWidth and stage.stageHeight variables when the stage is resized. is there a way to make root == stage? so that in my main movie, my loaded swf wont occupy the whole thing, only a small portion, the same size as my Loader. :book: ---
**Author:** ![Felixz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Felixz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Felixz)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loader-question/260653/6 "2008-05-19T19:27:23Z")
Use UILoader Class