# onEnterFrame doesn't work for a clip loaded with loadMovie
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-doesnt-work-for-a-clip-loaded-with-loadmovie/60387
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 9, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-doesnt-work-for-a-clip-loaded-with-loadmovie/60387 "2004-08-09T14:14:47Z")
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### Author:  [@marc0047](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/marc0047)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-doesnt-work-for-a-clip-loaded-with-loadmovie/60387/1 "2004-08-09T14:14:47Z")
I haven’t been able to find documentation on why loaded movies via
‘loadMovie’ into another movie clip don’t seem to obey onEnterFrame
commands. The following code represents a movie clip, ‘container’,
which has a loaded external .swf file, ‘box.swf’.
I have set the container to begin a decreasing alpha change. I’ve also
added a trace to see if the onEnterFrame is performing at all. What
happens is that the box does not appear to have an alpha change. There
is, however, a trace that returns an output of ‘100’ only. But no
other numbers, suggesting that the command has stopped.
// Start
container.loadMovie(“box.swf”);
container.onEnterFrame = function () {
trace(container.\_alpha);
container.\_alpha -= 1;
}
// End
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-doesnt-work-for-a-clip-loaded-with-loadmovie/60387/2 "2004-08-09T15:02:21Z")
You have to assign the _onEnterFrame_ after the movie is fully loaded.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-doesnt-work-for-a-clip-loaded-with-loadmovie/60387/3 "2004-08-09T15:03:38Z")
make sure it has been loaded 🙂
flash can never load a clip in 1 line of code, it needs like, 10 lines to load up…
just use:
```auto
container.onLoad = function(){
container.onEnterFrame = function () {
trace(container._alpha);
container._alpha -= 1;
}
}
```
so it will assign the code when it has been loaded…
should work
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-doesnt-work-for-a-clip-loaded-with-loadmovie/60387/4 "2004-08-09T15:30:16Z")
well “lines” is not how you should think about it 😉 its more a matter of “time”. All lines of code that are to be run are basically run in one instance of time (though still maintaining order). A loaded movie cannot load and be accessible in that single instant.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-doesnt-work-for-a-clip-loaded-with-loadmovie/60387/5 "2004-08-09T15:53:45Z")
lines of code that are to be run are basically run in one instance of time
not really true…
when executing a set of lines, it DOES goes in a few 0.00001 second or so 😛
this problem can also be fixed when you just give it a few extra lines… or assign it onLoad…
i think of it as lines, it can be both, just like you prefer…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-doesnt-work-for-a-clip-loaded-with-loadmovie/60387/6 "2004-08-09T16:15:32Z")
hense “basically” 😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-doesnt-work-for-a-clip-loaded-with-loadmovie/60387/7 "2004-08-09T16:48:52Z")
hmm, whatever, atleast its working now i guess 😛