# Loading external movie clips

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-movie-clips/23289>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 16, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-movie-clips/23289 "2003-06-16T00:43:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![claudio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@claudio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/claudio)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-movie-clips/23289/1 "2003-06-16T00:43:49Z")

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Let me try to explain my problem…  
i have a movie with 2 mc’s to display content: **content1** and **content2**. When I click my button on main stage, i load an external mc inside **content1**. This external mc has a button that, when pressed loads an external mc inside **content2**.  
But i cant get dat second button to work. Can someone check wat im doing wrong, ive attached the file…  
Sorry if it was confusing, dats the best i could do for now.  
thanks

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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:** [June 16, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-movie-clips/23289/2 "2003-06-16T01:14:13Z")

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You can apply a script like this to that button. [AS]on (release) {  
\_root.content2.loadMovie(“external.swf”);  
}  
[/AS]

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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:** [June 16, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-movie-clips/23289/3 "2003-06-16T01:18:29Z")

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yes i could, but i forgot to mention dat im using a transition mc on main stage. by clicking the second button, i tell the transition mc to play and after dat load the new mc, but its not working…

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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:** [June 16, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-movie-clips/23289/4 "2003-06-16T01:21:12Z")

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Then place this on the frame at the end of your transition sequence.[AS]\_root.content2.loadMovie(“external.swf”);[/AS]

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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:** [June 16, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-movie-clips/23289/5 "2003-06-16T01:25:49Z")

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Electrongeek, yeah i can do dat but AGAIN lol i wasnt making myself clear… 😏  
By clickin the button, i store the name of the mc i have to load in a variable… then it tells the transition mc to play (the transition mc has a preloader) and load the value stored in the variable.  
The problem is dat i get the button to work, it loads the transition mc into the content2 mc but all i get is the preloader looping.

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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:** [June 16, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-movie-clips/23289/6 "2003-06-16T01:27:59Z")

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By the way EG… is dis idea of using one single transition mc a good idea?

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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:** [June 16, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-movie-clips/23289/7 "2003-06-16T01:35:36Z")

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There’s nothing wrong with using one transition mc, it keeps things organized and less complex.

I just downloaded your files and you zipped up a bunch of swfs, how about zipping up the FLAs so that people can see how things are actually set up.

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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:** [June 16, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-movie-clips/23289/8 "2003-06-16T01:40:39Z")

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my apologies EG, im kinda new to dis and messed things up

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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:** [June 16, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-movie-clips/23289/9 "2003-06-16T06:58:23Z")

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Nevermind, i got it working now