# Loading external .swf (stop() failed)

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-stop-failed/240343
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [October 2, 2007, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-stop-failed/240343 "2007-10-02T07:27:14Z")
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### Author: ![mukraker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mukraker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mukraker)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2007, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-stop-failed/240343/1 "2007-10-02T07:27:14Z")

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Hi,  
i am loading an external swf (A3) file. Works fine!  
The names of the external files are dynamic - therefore i cant use the [embed] syntax

But. All the stop() methods i ve created in the .fla are ignored ☹

Please help.

Check the sources:  
[http://labs.insnet.de/as3/externermc.zip](http://labs.insnet.de/as3/externermc.zip)

thx