# Problem with animated GIF

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-animated-gif/231474>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 5, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-animated-gif/231474 "2007-07-05T04:26:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![twodanimator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@twodanimator](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/twodanimator)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-animated-gif/231474/1 "2007-07-05T04:26:22Z")

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hi!  
i tried to load a “.gif” file externally to the “.swf” while running by giving “loadMovie(“xyz.gif”,”");" in Flash8. It loads perfectly but the animation doesn’t happening. why it so? i didn’t want importing gif into fla and running due to file size. Does someone help me? please!!

Thanks in advance.

Regards,  
Babu.