# Menu Using Seperate Flash Files

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/menu-using-seperate-flash-files/213004>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 16, 2007, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/menu-using-seperate-flash-files/213004 "2007-01-16T08:57:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![tomyknoker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@tomyknoker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tomyknoker)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/menu-using-seperate-flash-files/213004/1 "2007-01-16T08:57:53Z")

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Hi All,

I need some advice, I have a 5 menu system in my Flash file, and to keep size down each element of the menu is a separate Flash file. So basically if “About” is pressed the about file loads onto the stage… The problem I am having is, when a menu item is pressed, let’s say “About”, I want whatever file has been loaded previously, I want it to fade out and then load the selected file… How could I do this? Once the menu is pressed I could easily make an as to fade the current movie out, but how would the file know what to load as the next item?