# Loading external swf files

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-files/171678>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 7, 2005, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-files/171678 "2005-12-07T10:09:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nosaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e47774/32.png) [@Nosaj](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Nosaj)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-files/171678/1 "2005-12-07T10:09:51Z")

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Hey guys,

Once again I’ve surfed for hours and still can’t figure out how to solve this. I’m pretty new to flash so I apologize.

This is my problem, I want to load an external .swf file through the loadMovie function. The problem is flash takes sometime to load the file and therefore what ever commands I put below the loadMovie function, will not work. Placing this commands say 10 frames from the loadMovie function works but when online and you have a slow internet connection, it yet again fails.

How do I solve this problem? I tried using onLoad but from what I gathered from several sites, it will not work with LoadMovie. Please help !

Many thanks in advance.