# Loading swf files into empty MC

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-files-into-empty-mc/110734>\
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**Created:** [May 19, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-files-into-empty-mc/110734 "2004-05-19T06:05:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![randocommando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@randocommando](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randocommando)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-files-into-empty-mc/110734/1 "2004-05-19T06:05:03Z")

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My site has three frames, 1 is the preloader, 2 is the intro movie, and 3 is the main scene. In the main scene I have an empty MC called mainempty that covers most of the stage. The only part not covered is a small area at the top which has the nav buttons which never leave this location. In frame three of the main layer, I have an action statement which is  
loadMovie (“A.swf”, mainempty);

The movie loads perfectly. Three of the nav buttons changes the pages by loading different swf. files into the empty movieclip. These nav buttons are located within a button that is within a movieclip. They are part of a drop down menu. When I selected one of the buttons, I added

on (release)  
\_root.loadmovie (“B.swf”, mainempty);

This loaded the movie but the entire stage shrunk to only the B swf. Then I tried adding an extra frame to the main stage, along with all artwork to extend it one frame (4). On the action frame of: loadMovie (“A.swf”, mainempty);  
I deleted it. I just left it blank. The problem is still there. The movie loads but shrinks to just the swf file. How do I load a swf file and keep the main stage there?