# Quick question

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/7555
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [November 2, 2002, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/7555 "2002-11-02T20:46:30Z")
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### Author: ![aznrice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@aznrice](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aznrice)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2002, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/7555/1 "2002-11-02T20:46:30Z")

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is there a way i can call loadMovie and tell it to play a certain frame inside the .swf file?

thx

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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 3, 2002, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/7555/2 "2002-11-03T12:52:09Z")

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sure make an empty mc and give it the actions:

```auto
onClipEvent (load) {
    this.gotoAndPlay(8);
}

```

then put into your frame the following code:

```auto
loadMovie("YourMovieClip.swf", "movieclip");

```

that’s the easiest way.