# Please Help! If statement in main movie depending on externals mc

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 9, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-if-statement-in-main-movie-depending-on-externals-mc/257049 "2008-04-09T19:34:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![gdesigner36](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@gdesigner36](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gdesigner36)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-if-statement-in-main-movie-depending-on-externals-mc/257049/1 "2008-04-09T19:34:38Z")

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I need some help badly! I have 3 drop down boxes that load various external swfs into loader clips. The user selects the category from each box they want to load, the 3 swfs load that contain puzzle pieces. Now I need to write an if statement that If a predetermined combination of 3 pieces (one from each category) has be dragged and placed in the alloted space than an image from an xml file will be loaded onto the stage. I have everything but the IF statement. I cant seem to get it to work. anyone know what im doing wrong?

thanks