# onLoad - createEmptyMovieClip: why does my code not work?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onload-createemptymovieclip-why-does-my-code-not-work/139856>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 6, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onload-createemptymovieclip-why-does-my-code-not-work/139856 "2005-03-06T12:36:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![mojojojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mojojojo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mojojojo)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onload-createemptymovieclip-why-does-my-code-not-work/139856/1 "2005-03-06T12:36:06Z")

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I would simply like to load XML text into a newly created MC.

```auto

loadText.onLoad = function () {
	_root.createEmptyMovieClip("container", 1);
	loadText.load("about.txt", "container");
	container._x = 280 ;
	container._y = 100 ;
}
stop();

```

Thanks.