# loadMovie not working?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-not-working/200814>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 15, 2006, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-not-working/200814 "2006-09-15T12:08:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![watery\_fart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@watery\_fart](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/watery_fart)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-not-working/200814/1 "2006-09-15T12:08:03Z")

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I have a movieclip called masterloader in my flash project, and I have

```auto
onClipEvent (load) {
 this.loadMovie("test.swf")
}

```

when it actually loads in the movie, yet the movie I am loading doesn’t load at all. It’s only a one framed picture. any ideas?