# Quick and easy question?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-and-easy-question/3468>\
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**Created:** [February 8, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-and-easy-question/3468 "2002-02-08T18:48:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 8, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-and-easy-question/3468/1 "2002-02-08T18:48:12Z")

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how can i make a swf file not to be played by itslef but played from some other swf file…  
skm0911

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**Post date:** [February 8, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-and-easy-question/3468/2 "2002-02-08T19:59:11Z")

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Just do it normally, and then load it from your other files. You can load it into target (you need an empty clip) or into level. What do you need exactly ?

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**Post date:** [February 8, 2002, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-and-easy-question/3468/3 "2002-02-08T20:14:32Z")

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what i need to do is make the swf file to be played from a diff swf file,rather playing it normally,again i should have two diff files,i cannot make one swf file as a movie clip in another file and play from it…hope u understood what i’m saying…say the swf file is only executable/played from another swf file  
skm0911

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**Post date:** [February 8, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-and-easy-question/3468/4 "2002-02-08T20:25:24Z")

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Well, there are 2 ways of doing this :  
If for example pressing a button will trigger the load, you could write :  
on (press) {  
loadMovieNum (“mymovie.swf”, 1);  
}  
or if you have an empty clip in your scene that you’ll call myothermovie.swf :

on (press) {  
loadMovie (“mymovie.swf”, “myothermovie.swf”);  
}

See how it works ?  
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