# Placing a swf movie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placing-a-swf-movie/34186>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 29, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placing-a-swf-movie/34186 "2003-10-29T15:15:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![ahaab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ahaab](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ahaab)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placing-a-swf-movie/34186/1 "2003-10-29T15:15:02Z")

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hello again!

this is my problem.puzzle:  
i have an mc in which i want to load an external swf. how do i define its placing;

plese post solution asap!

Thanks for helping…  
greetings from portugal…

ahaab:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placing-a-swf-movie/34186/2 "2003-10-29T15:56:46Z")

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```auto
movieclip._x = 321;
movieclip._y = 253;

```

Simple as that.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placing-a-swf-movie/34186/3 "2003-10-29T17:43:56Z")

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LoadMovie (movie, \_xposition, position) ;  
wat appened was that it displaced al the swf in the browser window…why