loadMovie possible without button press? [MX04 or CS3]

programming flash
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i’m wondering if i can activate the loadMovie function without button press. usually you see loadMovie utilized like so:

on (release) {
_root.emptyMC.loadMovie(“yourmovie.swf”);
}

but i’m trying to utilize it so when the user enters the page on the very first frame, the external SWF is loaded into the empty movie clip already. i tried inserting

_root.topSection.loadMovie(“topSection.swf”, _root.topSection);

in an actions layer on the very first frame of my movie, but when tested nothing is loaded.

is this possible? how can i do this? please let me know.

thanks!

  • john