# Prob loading external swf in main stage

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prob-loading-external-swf-in-main-stage/255580>\
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**Created:** [March 24, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prob-loading-external-swf-in-main-stage/255580 "2008-03-24T23:51:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prob-loading-external-swf-in-main-stage/255580/1 "2008-03-24T23:51:13Z")

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here is the zip with all the files needed: nvm, took down the url. SOLVED! :D[URL=“[http://tronicscribe.com/temp/test.zip](http://tronicscribe.com/temp/test.zip)”]

I’m using CS3 and AS2. I never had this problem with flash 8, so I’m not sure if I’m overlooking something new in CS3. anyway, I have my main movie, and I have an empty vid clip that I use to load external swf files into when a user clicks on a button or something. sounds pretty simple, but for some odd reason my external swf doesn’t load completely. I have text and an image, both as graphic symbols, and only the text will load. I can’t imagine what is causing this. I hope someone has come across this before and knows what i’m doing wrong. I have a feeling this is a bug in CS3, because I find it has trouble loading images that are inside an external swf, despite that swf file if opened alone, will show the images and text.