# Regarding loadMovie and loading swf's into the same level

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regarding-loadmovie-and-loading-swfs-into-the-same-level/105305
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**Created:** [March 24, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regarding-loadmovie-and-loading-swfs-into-the-same-level/105305 "2004-03-24T22:11:57Z")
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### Author: ![rekin\_ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@rekin\_ball](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rekin_ball)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regarding-loadmovie-and-loading-swfs-into-the-same-level/105305/1 "2004-03-24T22:11:57Z")

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Hello everyone,  
I am still new to flash and I am struggling with the concept of loadMovie. I have been searching and reading through the forums and was wondering if some one could clear this up for me. Below is a statment made by “pom” in a thread…

"If you use loadMovie, it means you’re loading in a clip. So if you load another movie in the same clip, it will automatically remove the previous movie. Actually, the same happens on levels.

pom "

If the above statement is true why are the buttons from the previous swf still clickable?  
Am I doing some thing wrong, or is this just how it is?  
Do I need to remove the previous swf if I am loading everything onto the same level or do I need to disable the buttons on the previous swf?

I am using swf’s like they are individual html pages. So whenever I load a new swf I want the previous swf to completely disapear. Right now I am using

on (release) {  
\_root.contents.loadMovie(“bio.swf”);  
}

to load all my swf’s.

Any help would be greatly appeciated.  
Christina