# Path to external container movie clip

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path-to-external-container-movie-clip/221463
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 4, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path-to-external-container-movie-clip/221463 "2007-04-04T14:59:56Z")
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### Author: ![Cookiepus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Cookiepus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Cookiepus)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path-to-external-container-movie-clip/221463/1 "2007-04-04T14:59:56Z")

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Howdy  
i’ve been doing the kirupa tutorial -  
**[SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#003366]Transitions [/COLOR][/FONT] [/SIZE]**[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#003366] **Between External SWFs.**  
I got everthing working fine but then had to do my buttons on an external SWF which loads on top of the main movie.  
Now i cant get the buttons to load in the other extrenal SWFs  
The tutorial says -

[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]\*[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][SIZE=2]If your buttons are not located on the main timeline, you will have to change the path to the container movieclip.

[/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT]\*[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][SIZE=2]i can’t figure how to do this, of cousre its easy to just “loadmovie” but then i loose all the transitions.

The SWF with the buttons is called “dropdown”  
The main SWF i’ want to load clips into is called “index”  
The SWF i want to load is calles “services”

Below is the actionscript im using on the button.  
How do i change the path to link to the container clip?  
Can u guys help me?  
Thanks in advance  
Michael

on (release) {  
if (\_root.currMovie == undefined) {  
\_root.currMovie = “services”;  
container.loadMovie(“services.swf”);  
} else if (\_root.currMovie != “services”) {  
if (container.\_currentframe\>=container.midframe) {  
\_root.currMovie = “services”;  
container.play();  
}  
}  
}  
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