# loadMovie / gotoAndPlay in loaded movie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-gotoandplay-in-loaded-movie/50407>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 2, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-gotoandplay-in-loaded-movie/50407 "2004-05-02T19:36:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Soul814](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Soul814](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Soul814)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-gotoandplay-in-loaded-movie/50407/1 "2004-05-02T19:36:07Z")

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okay if i write this

```auto
_root.container.loadMovie("testing.swf");
_root.container.gotoAndStop(5);

```

I want to load testing.swf and make it go to the 5th frame… how do i do that? since that code doesnt work…

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**Author:** ![gus169](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@gus169](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gus169)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-gotoandplay-in-loaded-movie/50407/2 "2008-06-12T04:33:21Z")

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This solved a problem for me too. Thanks for posting it.