# Randomness (yes, again)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/randomness-yes-again/22418>\
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**Created:** [June 3, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/randomness-yes-again/22418 "2003-06-03T22:17:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![asphaltcowboy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/asphaltcowboy/32/128_2.png) [@asphaltcowboy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/asphaltcowboy)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/randomness-yes-again/22418/1 "2003-06-03T22:17:08Z")

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ewwo! corr, it’s been ages since I’ve posted a question (admittedly, I haven’t been using Flash all that much over the past few weeks) Time to get back to it methinks! Just wondering: was reading the tutorial about [loading random backgrounds](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/loadingrandombackground.htm) and that involves loading external files.

To save on the number of files required for such a task, is it possible to load random movieclips instead (that are in the library)? Is there any difference to the coding other than exchanging the [random pic].swf with the movieclip name? Will that work? I don’t really want to start if I won’t be able to finish it

🙂

Thanks for any help

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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:** [June 3, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/randomness-yes-again/22418/2 "2003-06-03T22:38:11Z")

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btw, I forgot to mention. I wanted an ink stamp, so that each time you click the ink stamp it leaves a new (random) image

🙂