# onClipEvent inside an external movie targeting issue

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onclipevent-inside-an-external-movie-targeting-issue/209378>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 8, 2006, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onclipevent-inside-an-external-movie-targeting-issue/209378 "2006-12-08T07:16:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![junkerjorg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@junkerjorg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/junkerjorg)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onclipevent-inside-an-external-movie-targeting-issue/209378/1 "2006-12-08T07:16:38Z")

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I’ve been asked this question several times and don’t have an answer so I’m hoping someone can shed some light on this for me. People using the form mailer decide to load it externally and when they do they discover that the form won’t go to the “thank you” frame. The onClipEvent (data) I assume fires but then you have

```auto
_root.nextFrame();

```

which works fine when the external is tested as the main movie. Now, I’ve tried using

```auto
this._lockroot = true;

```

on the main timeline of the external swf and that didn’t work. What is the secret to firing an onClipEvent inside an externally loaded swf? 😟