# Problems with loading external movie from a button in another movie

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-loading-external-movie-from-a-button-in-another-movie/197403
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**Created:** [August 16, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-loading-external-movie-from-a-button-in-another-movie/197403 "2006-08-16T02:22:36Z")
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### Author: ![Bron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bron](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Bron)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-loading-external-movie-from-a-button-in-another-movie/197403/1 "2006-08-16T02:22:36Z")

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Hi,

I am working on a scrolling thumbnail movie clip, that when you click on the thumbnail button inside the movie clip it will load an external movie clip. I have an empty movie clip on the main stage, and have been trying all sorts of code, but for some reason it doesn’t like that I am inside a movie clip using buttons. It can’t seem to find the external swf.

I have tried:

on (release) {  
loadMovie (ithink.swf, “loader”);

and

on (release) }  
if (firstTime == true) {  
loadMovie(“ithink.swf”, \_root.loader);  
firstTime = false;  
} else {  
\_root.clicked = “ithink.swf”;  
\_root.loader.gotoAndPlay(“goback”);  
}  
}

and so far nothing, for some reaosn when I click on a button outside of the movie clip with the above code it loads… and than the other works too, but if I click on the buttons inside the scolling movie clip first they won’t work.

Any suggests or ideas!!?

I would really appreciate it… I am beyond frusterated!!