# Need a bit of help....can't....figure....out

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-bit-of-help-cant-figure-out/78590
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**Created:** [February 6, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-bit-of-help-cant-figure-out/78590 "2005-02-06T04:06:50Z")
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### Author: ![spectreman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@spectreman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/spectreman)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-bit-of-help-cant-figure-out/78590/1 "2005-02-06T04:06:50Z")

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hello all,

o.k. - here is my problem…it involves a component, but don’t kill me right away. it’s a tooltip component and it works fine, except when the .swf is loaded externally. please take a look:

[http://www.hobbytimeentertainment.com/ahhhh.zip](http://www.hobbytimeentertainment.com/ahhhh.zip)

the .fla that contains the component is called - try.fla  
the .fla that i use to load try.swf is called - main.fla  
if you open try.swf the tooltip works. but, if you open main.swf and click the green button, try.swf loads but the tooltip does not work anymore.

i like how this tooltip component works (and looks) but please help me figure out how to alter the AS so it works when loaded externally…i’ve been trying to figure this out for 3.5 hours…

thanks a million,  
s.