# Loading specific frame of external .swf into main movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [August 3, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-specific-frame-of-external-swf-into-main-movie/27495 "2003-08-03T05:11:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gepo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@gepo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gepo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-specific-frame-of-external-swf-into-main-movie/27495/1 "2003-08-03T05:11:01Z")
[FMX] how to load frame label “one” of external.swf into main movie. buton.onPress = function () { loadMovie("external.swf…??? thanks gepo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-specific-frame-of-external-swf-into-main-movie/27495/2 "2003-08-03T05:54:37Z")
```auto loadMovie("yourfile.swf", "_root.mc"); _root.mc.gotoAndplay("one"); ``` That should load the move then allow then tell it to go to the label one ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-specific-frame-of-external-swf-into-main-movie/27495/3 "2003-08-03T06:05:19Z")
[AS]myButton\_btn.onPress = function() { myMovieClip\_mc.loadMovie(“external.swf?label=one”); };[/AS] And put this code on the frame actions of external.swf: [AS]this.gotoAndPlay(label);[/AS] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-specific-frame-of-external-swf-into-main-movie/27495/4 "2003-08-03T06:36:57Z")
thansk for the help, i will give them a try hey kax is this a typo, .swf?label …(“external.swf?label=one”) I never seen ? inside actionscript thanks gepo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-specific-frame-of-external-swf-into-main-movie/27495/5 "2003-08-03T15:34:03Z")
If you tested the code, you’d know if it’s a typo or not. For the record: No, it is **not** a typo. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-specific-frame-of-external-swf-into-main-movie/27495/6 "2003-08-03T19:06:32Z")
thanks kax for clearing my assumption it works very nicely gepo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-specific-frame-of-external-swf-into-main-movie/27495/7 "2003-08-03T20:04:25Z")
OOOPPPSSSSSS I didwork once but now It doesn’t ??? I have attached the two movies I’m testing the code in. I’m trrying to load frame “one” of external.swf movie with the loadMovie action (provided by Meridian), and then another frame of the same movie by using the onPress action with a button (provided by Kax). Please take a look at it and let me know what I’m doing wrong. THANK YOU gepo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-specific-frame-of-external-swf-into-main-movie/27495/8 "2003-08-03T20:26:15Z")
You’re not referencing the MovieClip correctly, you have **holderOne.mc** and it should be **holderOne\_mc**. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-specific-frame-of-external-swf-into-main-movie/27495/9 "2003-08-04T06:16:06Z")
ok I fix it with some outside help here is the good working fla.(attch) for someone else to use it and learn gepo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-specific-frame-of-external-swf-into-main-movie/27495/10 "2003-08-04T19:11:41Z")
Will kax’s version work on the desktop/CD, I was having problems with his example, but my code could have been off a little. gepo’s second example worked, but I did not want to load the movie first and then choose a frame, I wanted to choose a frame while loading the movie. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-specific-frame-of-external-swf-into-main-movie/27495/11 "2003-08-04T19:37:08Z")
Nope, it will only work when viewed in a browser. However, you can define a variable holding the frame label: [AS]myButton\_btn.onPress = function() { label = “myLabel”; myMovieClip\_mc.loadMovie(“external.swf”); };[/AS] In the frame actions of external.swf: [AS]this.gotoAndPlay(\_parent.label);[/As] You might have addressing problems depending on how you set up the movie. To prevent this issue, you could simply define the frame variable in the global object: [AS]\_global.label = “myLabel”; // frame actions of external.swf this.gotoAndPlay(label);[/AS] I think there are a couple of threads about this, a little search wouldn’t hurt. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-specific-frame-of-external-swf-into-main-movie/27495/12 "2003-08-04T20:02:25Z")
that did the trick, thanks!.. btw I did do a search, but I guess my search options, did not satisfy the great search engine god. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-specific-frame-of-external-swf-into-main-movie/27495/13 "2003-08-04T20:13:32Z")
You’re welcome. 😛