# Loading external swf files into blank movie clip

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-files-into-blank-movie-clip/72444
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [December 6, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-files-into-blank-movie-clip/72444 "2004-12-06T02:55:37Z")
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### Author: ![yogibear](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/yogibear/32/853_2.png) [@yogibear](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yogibear)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-files-into-blank-movie-clip/72444/1 "2004-12-06T02:55:37Z")

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Im having some troubles getting this to work… ive done it before but i cant remember how i did it and i no longer have work to look back on.

I set up a button with the following action script

```auto
on (release) {
 	movieContainer.loadMovie ("peacenews.swf",".swf")
 }

```

The file im trying to load is peacenews.swf and the instance name of the empty movie clip is movieContainer Am i doing this wrong… this seemed like it would work logically to me but then again… im a flash trainee 😃

Yogi