# Prob with \_alpha in external swfs

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prob-with--alpha-in-external-swfs/116176>\
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**Created:** [July 15, 2004, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prob-with--alpha-in-external-swfs/116176 "2004-07-15T09:00:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Axios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Axios](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Axios)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prob-with--alpha-in-external-swfs/116176/1 "2004-07-15T09:00:06Z")

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Hiya!

Please bear with while I try to explain this!! 🙂

I have a main flash file which has 2 blank container mc’s one loads the external navigation swf, the other loads the external content swf. I have another invisible mc off the main stage which contains the actionscript transition for the page content.

When I press a button on the navigation is sets a variable \_global.newpage it then tells the transition to go to the frame “fade out” where I have this script…

```auto
onEnterFrame = function() {
        this._parent.pagecontent._alpha = this._parent.pagecontent._alpha + (0 - this._parent.pagecontent._alpha)/3;
		}

```

the next frame is then

```auto
if (this._parent.pagecontent._alpha>=1) {
	this.gotoAndPlay("fadeout")
}

```

So once it has faded out completely, the movies goes on to this frame where it loads the \_global.newpage variable & should set the alpha of the page to 100%…

```auto
loadMovie(_global.newpage, _parent.pagecontent);
_parent.pagecontent._alpha=100;

```

But the problem is, it doesnt! It loads the new page, fades it on to about 20% alpha then dissapears!

Anyone got any ideas? Please help!

Thanks in advance, Jen 🙂