# Order of loading external swf files

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/order-of-loading-external-swf-files/287912>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 7, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/order-of-loading-external-swf-files/287912 "2009-05-07T18:49:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/order-of-loading-external-swf-files/287912/1 "2009-05-07T18:49:48Z")

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Hi people, please help if anyone knows the solution for this. I want to play 4 external swf video files so that the first video (intro) plays only once and the rest 3 play in a loop after the first one. So this is the code i’m using in the swf loader file:

```auto
// Array of external clips to use. Variable index refers to next clip to be displayed.

var clips:Array=["film_index.swf","film_gledamsat.swf","film_glancam.swf","film_palacgore.swf"];
var index:int = 0;

// Stuff for loading files

var thisLoader:Loader = new Loader();
thisLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, doneLoading);

var thisMC:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
stage.addChild(thisMC); // Add empty MC initially so the nextClip function works even on first call 

// Gets the next MC, waiting for INITialization before adding it to the stage

function nextClip():void {
    thisLoader.load( new URLRequest(clips[index]) );
}

// Remove old clip, tell AS that the loaded file is the new one, add it to the stage, and play. 

function doneLoading(e:Event):void {
    stage.removeChild(thisMC);
    thisMC = MovieClip(thisLoader.content);
    thisLoader.unload();
    thisMC.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, runOnce);
    stage.addChild(thisMC);
    thisMC.gotoAndPlay(1);
}

// When currentFrame equals totalFrames in loaded clip (playing), increment index & play the next clip. 

function runOnce(e:Event):void {
if (thisMC.currentFrame == thisMC.totalFrames) {
thisMC.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,runOnce);
trace("value of index was: " + index);
index++;
trace("value of index is now: " + index);
if (index > clips.length)
{
    index = 1;
    trace("value of index reset to: " + index);
}
nextClip();
}
}

// Call nextClip to automatically start the first clip 

nextClip();

```

and it doesn’t work. Does anyone know what i’m doing wrong??? Thank You very much!