# Loading within an external movie
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-within-an-external-movie/186616
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 22, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-within-an-external-movie/186616 "2006-04-22T21:36:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Catalist](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Catalist)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-within-an-external-movie/186616/1 "2006-04-22T21:36:17Z")
Example/
Movie1 loads external Movie2
Movie2 attaches the loading bar “loader”
Within loader there is a bar, that bar’s width depends on the var picPercent on the Movie2 timeline.
So I used
```auto
onClipEvent(enterframe){
this._width = _root.picPercent;
}
```
now my problem is, it’s trying to get picPercent from \_root, but it doesn’t move. Is that because it’s looking for picPercent from Movie1 and not Movie2 like I’d like?
Thanx if you can help.
:ne:
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### Author:  [@Catalist](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Catalist)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-within-an-external-movie/186616/2 "2006-04-22T23:40:57Z")
Hehe…can anyone help me?
Please?
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### Author:  [@Catalist](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Catalist)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-within-an-external-movie/186616/3 "2006-04-23T20:34:53Z")
I really need some help. Does anyone know what I need to do?
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### Author:  [@B\_L\_U\_E](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/B_L_U_E)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-within-an-external-movie/186616/4 "2006-04-23T20:39:33Z")
There are several ways to use pathing. Here’s one [AS]onClipEvent(enterframe){
this.\_width = \_root.Movie1.Movie2.picPercent;
}[/AS]