# Navigation for external movie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigation-for-external-movie/116420>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 17, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigation-for-external-movie/116420 "2004-07-17T22:24:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![cyze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@cyze](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cyze)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigation-for-external-movie/116420/1 "2004-07-17T22:24:39Z")

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okay, i browsed thru alot of posts here, but i dont seem to figure it out myself, so please help me. i unfortunatly can’t post the fla’s here, cause my client would kill me ☹

so, basically i got a few swfs. the first one is “main.swf” and the second one is “external\_01.swf” and so on.  
i dynamically create a blank movieClip in “main.swf” in which i can load all the “external\_xx.swf” files, based on what buttons i click, which all works out perfectly fine. my problem is the following: i got one external file that has quite alot data, all divided by labels on the main timeline of that “external\_01.swf”.  
but somehow i can’t seem to navigate to these labels from the “main.swf”.

here is the code so far for one button in “main.swf”:

**on (release) {  
\_root.loadercontainer.loadMovie(“preloader.swf”);  
\_root.mccontainer5.loadMovie(“clips/external\_01.swf”);  
\_root.mccontainer5.gotoAndPlay(“hans”);  
}**

so, nevermind the preloader just tell me, how i can get the “external\_01.swf” to play the label “hans”?

thx alot for the help - cheers, cyze.