# Loading external SWFs and MCs

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swfs-and-mcs/187188>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 27, 2006, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swfs-and-mcs/187188 "2006-04-27T09:11:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pixade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/0ea827/32.png) [@Pixade](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pixade)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swfs-and-mcs/187188/1 "2006-04-27T09:11:26Z")

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Hi everyone!

So here’s my question:

## On a release action for a button, I’m loading an SWF and in that SWF, I want to go to a particular movie clip. I tried this and well, it doesn’t work …

```
loadMovieNum ("main.swf", 1);
_root.contact.play();

```

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Any answers? Thank YOU!  
Peter