# Loading external swf - won;t display?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-won-t-display/231517>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 5, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-won-t-display/231517 "2007-07-05T14:09:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![snowfruit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@snowfruit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/snowfruit)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-won-t-display/231517/1 "2007-07-05T14:09:49Z")

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I have the following code in the first frame of my fla which also contains the empty movieclip mcWheels:

```auto
// Include Flash functionality
import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
//import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;

// Define variable
var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest();
var loader:Loader = new Loader();

// Load the parts movies
url = new URLRequest("wheels.swf");
loader.load(url);
mcWheels.addChild(loader);

```

If i do a trace(mcWheels.numChildren) it outputs 1 so I’m assuming the file has loaded correctly. However the contents of the external swf are never shown… Please help ☹