# Problem with external SWF

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-external-swf/217682
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [March 1, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-external-swf/217682 "2007-03-01T00:53:06Z")
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### Author: ![kgooding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df788c/32.png) [@kgooding](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kgooding)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-external-swf/217682/1 "2007-03-01T00:53:06Z")

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Hi fellow flashers…

I have a really annoying problem which is bugging me. I want to tell my parent movie to gotoAndPlay from a external swf I am loading in with:

loadMovie(“submovie.swf”, mcMenu);

within the code of the submovie.swf I have tried:

\_level0.logo.play();  
\_parent.logo.play();  
\_root.logo.play();

All of which work when I preview… however they dont work on my web page.  
Do I need to pass parameter when I embedd to allow them to communicate?  
I have cleared cache, and it is definately not working.

Many Thanks to those who read this.

Kurt