# movieClip.onLoad problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-onload-problem/96539>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 10, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-onload-problem/96539 "2003-12-10T17:28:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![pete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@pete](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pete)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-onload-problem/96539/1 "2003-12-10T17:28:13Z")

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hi guys

i dont know if you already heard of this problem but if i want to set the function  
e.g.

mymovie.onLoad = function(){trace(“LOADED”)}

nothing works  
i dont know why  
cause in flash mx everthing worked correctly  
what could be the problem  
i have already updated my version to 7.0.1

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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:** [December 10, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-onload-problem/96539/2 "2003-12-10T17:50:56Z")

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onLoad doesnt really work that way. What do you want to do?

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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:** [December 10, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-onload-problem/96539/3 "2003-12-10T19:26:38Z")

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i have created a movie clip with  
createemptymoviclip(…);  
then i want to create a textfield in the movie clip when it loads for i need onLOAD

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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:** [December 10, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-onload-problem/96539/4 "2003-12-10T19:32:16Z")

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when what loads? The empty movieclip? Empty movieclips dont load. They’re immediately created. If you want to add a textfield in the empty movieclip, just do so directly following the createemptymoviclip command

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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:** [December 10, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-onload-problem/96539/5 "2003-12-10T19:40:34Z")

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ohhh 🙂

thank you  
actually i am not a newbee but you know i never used it before

thank you again  
i thought it was a bug

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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:** [December 10, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-onload-problem/96539/6 "2003-12-10T19:44:52Z")

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onLoad is an odd entity, especially just coming into Flash. It’s not as intuitive as one might think it should be in most situations 😉

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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:** [December 10, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-onload-problem/96539/7 "2003-12-10T19:47:22Z")

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okay  
i have just did what you said  
and it works perfectly 🙂

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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:** [December 10, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-onload-problem/96539/8 "2003-12-10T19:50:34Z")

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woohoo! 🙂