# Problem with Paths, Instances, and External SWFs

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-paths-instances-and-external-swfs/181686>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 11, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-paths-instances-and-external-swfs/181686 "2006-03-11T23:21:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![jshum9999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@jshum9999](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jshum9999)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-paths-instances-and-external-swfs/181686/1 "2006-03-11T23:21:44Z")

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hey everyone,  
i’ve been trying to follow the Kenny Bellows example of loading an external sound swf ([http://www.kennybellew.com/tutorial/…ttachsound.htm](http://www.kennybellew.com/tutorial/preload_attachsound.htm))  
but it hasn’t been working for me.  
i followed it exactly!

i did a search on the forum and I couldn’t find anything that worked for me

i made my external sound swf a colorful block, so i can physically see it load into my container file. and it seems to work.  
however, when i do  
\_root.sound.start it won’t work!  
i’ve tried  
sound.start  
\_level0.sound.start  
emptyClip.sound.start

and none of them have worked  
the weird thing is when i use the debugger and check the variables  
it shows this:

Variable \_level0.firstSound = [object #1, class ‘Sound’] {  
id3:[getter/setter] undefined,  
duration:[getter/setter] 11468,  
position:[getter/setter] 0  
}  
Movie Clip: Target="\_level0.MCSound"

so it does have access to the the sound clip!

i don’t understand why my paths are screwd up!

i think it has something to do with paths, because i’m having a similar problem with buttons.  
i created a button called butA with an instance of a text called txtFrame

when i try to do butA.txtFrame.text = “blah” it won’t change the text.

anyone know why my pathing isn’t seeming to work?