# On(release) not working in loadMovie, please help!

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**Created:** [July 17, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-release-not-working-in-loadmovie-please-help/292654 "2009-07-17T03:13:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-release-not-working-in-loadmovie-please-help/292654/1 "2009-07-17T03:13:51Z")

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Dear all, I made one swf with on(release) script working perfectly by itself, but when it is being loaded into another swf with loadMovie script, it failed to work. I tried for a long time but couldn’t find a way to due with that, please help

I GUESS this is the matter of level, \_root, \_parent, \_this

I’ve made 2 swf’s. One is the content consists of a scrollable bar of thumbnails at the bottom, using on(release) going to play particular content on the stage. The other one is navigation with a movieclip named “connn” where the previous swf being loaded into it.

For the contents swf, I’ve this script on each of the thumbnail

```php
on(release){
 _root.gotoAndPlay("framename");
}

```

which framename is marked on the top level of the flash, with a movie clip of a couple of images swaping. And this work perfectly. (please see: [[http://mr-otto.com/wd/services\_web.html](http://mr-otto.com/wd/services_web.html)"][http://mr-otto.com/wd/services\_web.html[/URL]](http://mr-otto.com/wd/services_web.html%5B/URL%5D) / source file: [http://mr-otto.com/wd/services\_web.zip](http://mr-otto.com/wd/services_web.zip)](http://[URL))

For the navigation thing, I’ve this script

```php
loadMovie("services_web.swf",this.connn);

```

which load the content into the movie clip named “connn”. It got no problem loading the swf in but I discover that after it is loaded, the thumbnail script of the content failed to work. (please see: [[http://mr-otto.com/wd/services.html](http://mr-otto.com/wd/services.html)"][http://mr-otto.com/wd/services.html(http://[URL)](http://mr-otto.com/wd/services.html(http://%5BURL))] under WEB/INTERACTIVE \> websites)

I guess that is the problem of the \_root. thing and perhaps changing this I can have it work as perfect as it can be even being called in another swf. PLEASE HELP and many many many thanks.