# Loading ext movie in ext loaded movie
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-ext-movie-in-ext-loaded-movie/59122
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 28, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-ext-movie-in-ext-loaded-movie/59122 "2004-07-28T16:50:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@ShinFu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ShinFu)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-ext-movie-in-ext-loaded-movie/59122/1 "2004-07-28T16:50:48Z")
hi
i have a project with a main page called: main.swf
it loades page movies in itself for each subsection: subpages/bla.swf
\_root.hole.loadMovie (“subpages/bla.swf”);
if i start main.swf it works :thumb:
i have a introfile called: intro.swf
and when the intro is over it loades main.swf in itself
\_root.space.loadMovie (“main.swf”);
but then the loaded main.swf doesnt load the subpages/bla.swf :{
why??
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-ext-movie-in-ext-loaded-movie/59122/2 "2004-07-29T08:43:56Z")
it’s not clear to my where exactly the problem lies but i have tested such a constellation with 3 movieclips that are loading themselves into another like this: movie 1.swf loads movie 2.swf and movie 2.swf loads 3.swf
if i start 1.swf i can only see movie 1.swf and movie 3.swf
if i start 2.swf i can see 2.swf and 3.swf
is this like it should be??
now i am confused too…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-ext-movie-in-ext-loaded-movie/59122/3 "2004-07-29T08:58:05Z")
> [@ShinFu](#):
>
> hi
>
> i have a project with a main page called: main.swf
> it loades page movies in itself for each subsection: subpages/bla.swf
>
> \_root.hole.loadMovie (“subpages/bla.swf”);
>
> if i start main.swf it works :thumb:
>
> i have a introfile called: intro.swf
> and when the intro is over it loades main.swf in itself
>
> \_root.space.loadMovie (“main.swf”);
>
> but then the loaded main.swf doesnt load the subpages/bla.swf :{
>
> why??
in the root there are two container movie clip: “hole” and “space”, rite?
try use just one container
[//intro.swf](https://intro.swf) loads main.swf
\_root.space.loadMovie (“main.swf”);
[//main.swf](https://main.swf) loads subpages
\_root.space.loadMovie (“subpages/bla.swf”);
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-ext-movie-in-ext-loaded-movie/59122/4 "2004-07-29T08:59:08Z")
> [@ShinFu](#):
>
> hi
>
> i have a project with a main page called: main.swf
> it loades page movies in itself for each subsection: subpages/bla.swf
>
> \_root.hole.loadMovie (“subpages/bla.swf”);
>
> if i start main.swf it works :thumb:
>
> i have a introfile called: intro.swf
> and when the intro is over it loades main.swf in itself
>
> \_root.space.loadMovie (“main.swf”);
>
> but then the loaded main.swf doesnt load the subpages/bla.swf :{
>
> why??
in the root there are two movie clips as container: “hole” and “space”, rite?
try use just one container
[//intro.swf](https://intro.swf) loads main.swf
\_root.space.loadMovie (“main.swf”);
[//main.swf](https://main.swf) loads subpages
\_root.space.loadMovie (“subpages/bla.swf”);
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-ext-movie-in-ext-loaded-movie/59122/5 "2004-07-29T14:07:15Z")
thx for help but…
sry … i didnt expressed myself well
The main.swf loads the external subpages not as subpages
that replace the main.swf. The subpages are loaded inside
the main.swf. Looks more like backgroundimages with text,
content and so on.
Therefore main.swf has a emptyspace movieclip in which the
subpages are loaded. The main.swf is only a menu-button thing.
main.swf \<-- bla.swf
This part works =)
The intro.swf is an another movieclip that has too an empyspace
movieclip inside in that the main.swf should be loaded. The
intro.swf loads the main.swf perfectly but then the external
loaded main.swf doesnt load the bla.swf content files.
intro.swf \<-- main.swf \
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-ext-movie-in-ext-loaded-movie/59122/6 "2004-07-30T02:34:14Z")
ooo… i see. the path has changed.
in second loadmovie try this:
\_root.space.hole.loadMovie (“subpages/bla.swf”);
“hole” doesnt exist in the root anymore.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2004, 9:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-ext-movie-in-ext-loaded-movie/59122/7 "2004-07-30T09:54:49Z")
thanks!!!..for that enlightment. i didnt know that \_root
is always absolute like u mentioned in that example.
i rewrote and checked the loading code but there is only one
line in main that uses directly \_root.hole… the rest of the
code uses this.hole
i changed the \_root.hole to this.hole and the main.swf still works
as standalone. but when loaded into intro.swf it shouldnt work
like u mentioned.
so i changed the code in the main.swf to this.space.hole but it doesnt work
either… so whats going wrong??
perhaps i post teh c0de
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2004, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-ext-movie-in-ext-loaded-movie/59122/8 "2004-07-30T09:59:54Z")
loader code in main.swf
is written down in the first frame and called up from teh buttons
```auto
MovieClip.prototype.change = function(d) {
if (_global.fileIndex != d) {
_global.fileIndex = d;
if (_global.loadedlist[d] == 0) {
_global.loaderalpha = 50;
}
_global.loadedlist[d] = 1;
this.onEnterFrame = fadeOut;
}
};
MovieClip.prototype.fadeOut = function() {
if (this.space.hole._alpha>this.fadeSpeed) {
this.space.hole._alpha -= this.fadeSpeed;
} else {
this.loadFile();
}
};
MovieClip.prototype.loadFile = function() {
this.space.hole_alpha = 0;
this.space.hole.loadMovie(this.pathToPage+this.fileArray
[_global.fileIndex]);
this.onEnterFrame = loadkrapMeter;
};
MovieClip.prototype.loadkrapMeter = function() {
var i, l, t;
l = Math.round(this.space.getBytesLoaded());
t = Math.round(this.space.getBytesTotal());
if (t>0 && t == l) {
_global.loaderalpha = 0;
this.onEnterFrame = fadeIn;
}
};
MovieClip.prototype.fadeIn = function() {
if (this.hole._alpha<100-this.fadeSpeed) {
this.space.hole._alpha += this.fadeSpeed;
} else {
this.space.hole._alpha = 100;
this.onEnterFrame = null;
}
};
```
this one cant work in the standalone main.swf but it doesnt work either
when main.swf is loaded by intro.swf into the space mc…
and my time is slowly running out…:d:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2004, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-ext-movie-in-ext-loaded-movie/59122/9 "2004-07-30T10:06:54Z")
\_root.space.hole doesnt work either … :crying: