# Ok Maybe this wil explain better

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**Created:** [January 14, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ok-maybe-this-wil-explain-better/11243 "2003-01-14T13:58:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![m660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@m660](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/m660)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ok-maybe-this-wil-explain-better/11243/1 "2003-01-14T13:58:40Z")

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I am loading an external movie clip onto level one of my main movie (this is done pretty early in the main timeline.)  
However…the loaded movie has a stop action on the first frame.

Using a button in the main movie, I am attempting to open the external clip again (further down the timeline) using the basic script below:

on (release) {  
loadMovieNum(“skin.swf”, 1);  
}

Pretty straight forward so far…But I want the script to load the movie AND instruct it to go to and play frame 2.

What do I need to do from this point people?  
Sorry but ‘middle age’ and Actionscript don’t mix…well…not for my ‘Jack Daniels riddled Brain!’

Help please!!!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ok-maybe-this-wil-explain-better/11243/2 "2003-01-14T17:50:22Z")

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Well I personally always use loadMovie to an empty movie clip so I am not sure about loading to levels, but you can try this…

Add \_level1.gotoAndPlay(2) right after the loadMovieNum code.

With loadMovie you can target the empty clip and tell it to play that frame, I am assuming you can do the same with levels.

By the way, I use \_level1 because you load your movie to level 1 in your loadMovieNum code.