# movieClip listener problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-listener-problem/206401>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 7, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-listener-problem/206401 "2006-11-07T21:08:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Navarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Navarone](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Navarone)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-listener-problem/206401/1 "2006-11-07T21:08:25Z")

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I have tried to follow the example in the flash help files but my movieClip listener doesn’t seem to be working. What am I not doing correctly?

```auto

var container:MovieClip = obj_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("container", 999);
//loadMovie("decals/chair.swf", container);
obj_mc.mcl = new MovieClipLoader();
obj_mc.mcl.addListener(mclListener);
obj_mc.mcl.loadClip("decals/chair.swf", container);
//
var mclListener:Object = new Object();
mclListener.onLoadInit = function(target_mc:MovieClip) {
 target_mc._x = Stage.width/2-target_mc._width/2;
 target_mc._y = Stage.height/2-target_mc._width/2;
 var w:Number = target_mc._width;
 var h:Number = target_mc._height;
 target_mc.lineStyle(4, 0x000000);
 target_mc.moveTo(0, 0);
 target_mc.lineTo(w, 0);
 target_mc.lineTo(w, h);
 target_mc.lineTo(0, h);
 target_mc.lineTo(0, 0);
 target_mc._rotation = 3;
 //
};
//
obj_mc.onPress = function() {
 this.attachMovie("rotate_mc", "rotator", this.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:25, _y:-50});
 trace("test");
 delete this.onPress;
};

```