# Path problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path-problem/120383>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 23, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path-problem/120383 "2004-08-23T21:11:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Tracy981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@Tracy981](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tracy981)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path-problem/120383/1 "2004-08-23T21:11:08Z")

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hi all, i have a quick question for you b/c im either gonna bang my head up against the wall or throw my computer =)

i followed this tut on kirupa “Transitions Between External SWFs” and evrything works fine. same setup same everything. but here is my problem, i have the main swf with 3 buttons (contact, resume, portfolio) that are always constant throughout the whole site (like the one in the tut) In the portfolio swf, i have another loaded swf that has buttons (ex cdrom) also.

here’s the problem…

I click on portfolio, the loaded swf comes in fine! I click on cd rom, loaded swf comes in fine (meaning the intro transition) BUT when i go back to click on “contact” either nothing happens OR the outer transition will not work, flashes and jsut loads contact.swf. I know its a path issue, but i read all the psots on here and i know somehow its a path problem but i have tried changing the \_root to \_parent in a number of combinations and it still doesnt work. If i was in contact.swf and were to go to resume, the transitons (both intro and outer) work just fine.

anyone have any ideas on why this isnt working?

thanks =)  
Tracy

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**Author:** ![scotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scotty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scotty)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 8:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path-problem/120383/2 "2004-08-24T08:19:20Z")

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Can you post your .fla(s)?

scotty:love:

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**Author:** ![interfector](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/898d66/32.png) [@interfector](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/interfector)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path-problem/120383/3 "2004-08-24T11:15:14Z")

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You might try using levels

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**Author:** ![Tracy981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@Tracy981](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tracy981)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path-problem/120383/4 "2004-08-24T20:51:21Z")

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hey guys thanks for responding back to me. i cant post the file son here b/c they are to big, even compressed. can i send them to you again? :puzzled:

ive been trying to figure things out and i think its b/c in one of my swf’s, i have buttons that once clicked, preform a gotoAction and that screws up my midframe. i tried changing the midframe but once i do that and click the other constant button on the main timeline, the frames jsut advance. i also tried changing the levels but once i do that, the buttons dont work. im almost there but im stuck =(

Tracy

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**Author:** ![scotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scotty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scotty)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path-problem/120383/5 "2004-08-25T13:37:59Z")

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> [@Tracy981](#):
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> hey guys thanks for responding back to me. i cant post the file son here b/c they are to big, even compressed. can i send them to you again?..

Off course;)

scotty(-: