# Loading movie into level
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-movie-into-level/7691
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [November 5, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-movie-into-level/7691 "2002-11-05T23:10:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@namegoeshere](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/namegoeshere)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-movie-into-level/7691/1 "2002-11-05T23:10:37Z")
I am loading a swf into a level, but need to use actionscript to manipulate its location in the root movie. This is my code:
stop ();
loadMovieNum (“logo\_sm.swf”, 1);
\_level1.\_x = 300;
// whatever you want for upperleft x
\_level1.\_y = 300;
// whatever you want for upperleft y
yet the loaded swf continues to load in its native position, rather than at any coordinate which I specify. It is riding in the upper left hand corner, even tho here I am indicating a much different position. What am I doing wrong?
?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 9:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-movie-into-level/7691/2 "2002-11-06T09:54:57Z")
have you tried to load into target? into a empty MC let’s say…
you could just put this empty mc into a level you want , and then load into this mc and put it into the coordinates you want.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-movie-into-level/7691/3 "2002-11-06T15:16:50Z")
I prefer loading a SWF because of file size. Besides, I know it is possible and common to do it this way and if only for the sake of thoroughness I ought to know how to do it.
thx anyway
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-movie-into-level/7691/4 "2002-11-06T17:58:53Z")
In case anyone else has this problem, I found a solution through another forum:
create a movie clip “holder” rather than an actual MC, and specify the coordinates of the “holder”
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-movie-into-level/7691/5 "2002-11-06T18:31:17Z")
that was what i said, i guess you just didn’t understand, sorry if was that, my English is not good as you can see…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-movie-into-level/7691/6 "2002-11-06T18:51:07Z")
sorry! thx anyway!