# \[mx\] Co-ordinates?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-co-ordinates/13685
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [February 16, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-co-ordinates/13685 "2003-02-16T22:06:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Lacuna](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Lacuna)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-co-ordinates/13685/1 "2003-02-16T22:06:02Z")
Could anyone point me in the direction of the tutorial that teaches how to apply coordinates to movies that will be externally loaded? I’ve seen it around somewhere but I can’t seem to find it again.
It’ll be something like :
x\_coordinate =
y\_coordinate =
:love:
~ Seretha
p.s. thanks for all the eariler help subquark but i really need to use it this way for the time being.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-co-ordinates/13685/2 "2003-02-16T23:16:33Z")
You’ll have to set a little preloader to know when your movie is fully loaded:
```auto
this.createEmptyMovieClip("yourContainer",0);
yourContainer.loadMovie("your_movie.swf");
this.onEnterFrame=function(){
var l=yourContainer.getBytesLoaded();
var t=yourContainer.getBytesTotal();
if (l > 0 && l >=t){
yourContainer._x=150;
yourContainer._y=150;
}
}
```
Untested, but it should look like that.
pom :cowboy:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-co-ordinates/13685/3 "2003-02-16T23:27:46Z")
thank you very much. that is exactly the thing i’ve been looking for. it’s already running fine … now just to do the fine detailing.
:love:
~ Seretha