# loadMovie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie/23558>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 19, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie/23558 "2003-06-19T15:14:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![pspecial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@pspecial](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pspecial)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie/23558/1 "2003-06-19T15:14:11Z")

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Every tut I’ve read always uses loadMovie with a button with an on(Press) handler.

///for instance  
but.onPress = function () {  
\_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“container”, 1);  
loadMovie(“loaded.swf”, “container”);  
container.\_x = 150 ;  
container.\_y = 20 ;  
}

How do I load a movie without a button press? (For example, when the root timeline reaches a specific frame)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie/23558/2 "2003-06-19T15:33:21Z")

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lol, just put the loadMovie code on that frame then 🙂