# Question on createEmptyMovieClip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-on-createemptymovieclip/37343>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 9, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-on-createemptymovieclip/37343 "2003-12-09T04:04:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![mdjstudios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mdjstudios](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mdjstudios)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-on-createemptymovieclip/37343/1 "2003-12-09T04:04:35Z")

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[AS]//for one of my button i use this code

on (release) {  
\_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“area”, -1);  
loadMovie(“flowingtext.swf”, \_root.area);  
\_root.area.\_x = 150;  
\_root.area.\_y = 51;  
}

//and for frame 1 of my movie i use this

\_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“area”, -1);  
loadMovie(“soundbar1.swf”, \_root.area);  
\_root.area.\_x = 0;  
\_root.area.\_y = 332.1;

//how do i make the soundbar stay loaded when i click  
//to load the flowingtext.swf?[/AS]