# onRelease/loadMovie help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onrelease-loadmovie-help/209125>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 6, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onrelease-loadmovie-help/209125 "2006-12-06T03:12:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![volskid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/2bfe46/32.png) [@volskid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/volskid)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onrelease-loadmovie-help/209125/1 "2006-12-06T03:12:51Z")

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im tryin to build a flash site for the first time and i cant seem to get the load movie script to work correctly. i have 5 “buttons” which i made movie clips and i have a gray area where i want the external flashes to load into. i want to be able to click one of the buttons and an external swf, basically the content of what the button is (i.e. about us loads a swf that describes me). i cant seem to get the script correct, but im also not even sure if i am attempting this the right way. i have attached my fla file for anyone to look at and see if they understand what im tryin to do.

thank you

fla file:  
[http://jcarr.no-ip.org:8000/index.fla](http://jcarr.no-ip.org:8000/index.fla)

edit:  
i tried this script below and i get no errors this time but the movie never loads.

on (release) {  
area.loadMovie(“locations.swf”);  
}

the gray area on my flash is called ‘area’ and its a movie clip, and im trying to load another movie into the flash in that area. should the area not be a movie clip or what?