# Problem with loading a movie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-loading-a-movie/34432>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 2, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-loading-a-movie/34432 "2003-11-02T07:38:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![GLIMPSE\_MEDIA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@GLIMPSE\_MEDIA](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GLIMPSE_MEDIA)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-loading-a-movie/34432/1 "2003-11-02T07:38:23Z")

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Ok, let me try to explain this one.

I have a swf that will be in the header of my site. It will be a small file, simple animation… so that it is friendly to most everyone. I have a button that says “View Presentation” which will load another swf file into the original one, and play it. That works out find and everything goes well. My problem is, after I click the button, watch the movie, I can’t click the button again. It doesn’t load the movie up again. Anyone have any idea what is going on?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-loading-a-movie/34432/2 "2003-11-02T09:40:19Z")

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What actions do you have on that button ? And also, are you sure the movieclip you load in doesn’t overlap the button ?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-loading-a-movie/34432/3 "2003-11-02T17:37:42Z")

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Ok,

For the first movie, which the presentation will load into, I have the following for the “Play Presentation” button.

[AS]on(release) {  
\_root.loadmovie.loadMovie(“movie.swf”);  
}[/AS]

The movie does not load on top of the button, since after I click it, watch the movie once, and go to click it again… I can still click it. Just nothing happens.

This is in the last frame of the presentation, to put it back to normal.

[AS]\_root.loadmovie.loadMovie(“home.swf”);[/AS]

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-loading-a-movie/34432/4 "2003-11-02T17:47:23Z")

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Hard to tell what’s wrong without seeing your files …

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-loading-a-movie/34432/5 "2003-11-02T18:02:07Z")

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Could someone possibly suggest the best way to do it from scratch? Might be easier.