# (MX) can anybody help me to load a specific frame of external SWF

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**Created:** [May 21, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-can-anybody-help-me-to-load-a-specific-frame-of-external-swf/21431 "2003-05-21T15:41:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eyeball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eyeball](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Eyeball)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-can-anybody-help-me-to-load-a-specific-frame-of-external-swf/21431/1 "2003-05-21T15:41:57Z")

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hey there I posted several strings before and no response

I want to load a specific frame of external.swf into a main.swf, any help please.

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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:** [May 21, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-can-anybody-help-me-to-load-a-specific-frame-of-external-swf/21431/2 "2003-05-21T16:30:18Z")

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could you just load the movie and then put a gotoAndStop() action on the first frame of the external movie???

maybe, but I am not sure~!

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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:** [May 22, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-can-anybody-help-me-to-load-a-specific-frame-of-external-swf/21431/3 "2003-05-22T00:55:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by brian monkey \*  
> \*\*could you just load the movie and then put a gotoAndStop() action on the first frame of the external movie???

maybe, but I am not sure~! \*\*  
yeah, that’s probably the best way to do it, unless you want to create a separate movie with just that one 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:** [May 22, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-can-anybody-help-me-to-load-a-specific-frame-of-external-swf/21431/4 "2003-05-22T04:48:02Z")

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well u see my external movie is my product page which contains 15 images and text on each frame so when i click on one specific image in my main.swf it should load an external swf (products.swf)with a specific frame that contains some specific information about that particular product(image)

so this option won’t work, I bet there are other ways to to that ,

let’s see what other kirupians have to say

thx so much

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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:** [May 22, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-can-anybody-help-me-to-load-a-specific-frame-of-external-swf/21431/5 "2003-05-22T04:58:11Z")

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you could try something like this:

```auto
myButton.onRelease = function() {
_global.frame = 4;
myMovieClip.loadMovie("external.swf");
};

```

then put this action in the first frame of the external .swf:

```auto
this.gotoAndStop(frame);

```

😉 =)