# Noob: Loading ext. swf and manipulating on stage

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/noob-loading-ext-swf-and-manipulating-on-stage/245903>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 5, 2007, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/noob-loading-ext-swf-and-manipulating-on-stage/245903 "2007-12-05T11:24:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![konshuss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@konshuss](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/konshuss)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/noob-loading-ext-swf-and-manipulating-on-stage/245903/1 "2007-12-05T11:24:18Z")

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Okay so this is something I assumed would be simple to do as what I’m attempting is to have the animation of a ‘spinning’ apple in its own SWF load in place on the tree, and manipulate it as such on the timeline to fall and zoom in while rotating. I used the very basic loader as follows:

var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(“whiteapplespin.swf”);  
var loader:Loader = new Loader()  
loader.load(request);  
addChild(loader);

Now while this works fine for loading and playing the swf in place on the timeline when and where I want it to, I’ve got the issue of a duplicate of this swf loading in full size at the top left corner of the stage. I’m under the noobish impression it’s because I didn’t specify it to go anywhere else, but since I’ve got an instance of whiteapplespin.swf on my stage and acting as I like it to on its own layer called ‘apple’, how can I remove the instance that loads in the top corner?

Help on this would be mega-appreciated…

k