# loadMovie possible without button press? \[MX04 or CS3\]

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-possible-without-button-press-mx04-or-cs3/235428>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 10, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-possible-without-button-press-mx04-or-cs3/235428 "2007-08-10T21:32:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-possible-without-button-press-mx04-or-cs3/235428/1 "2007-08-10T21:32:38Z")

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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