# My onLoad doesn't seem to be working

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-onload-doesnt-seem-to-be-working/196959>\
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**Created:** [August 12, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-onload-doesnt-seem-to-be-working/196959 "2006-08-12T04:10:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![iLikePie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@iLikePie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iLikePie)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-onload-doesnt-seem-to-be-working/196959/1 "2006-08-12T04:10:03Z")

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hey,

i’m doing some stuff with a movie clip and i want to manipulate it when it loads…

i was putting some code on the root frame using the onLoad = function(){ syntax and it doesn’t appear to be working…

then i made a new file with just the following code:

noodle.onLoad=function(){  
trace(“hmmm”);  
}

and even that doesn’t work!!! (yes, i have a clip with name ‘noodle’).

any ideas… this is just baffling. I’ve attached my example so you can see…

- stu