# Scroll Pane, boring basic question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-pane-boring-basic-question/42399>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 8, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-pane-boring-basic-question/42399 "2004-02-08T20:52:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![mynameisoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/97f17d/32.png) [@mynameisoli](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mynameisoli)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-pane-boring-basic-question/42399/1 "2004-02-08T20:52:08Z")

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all i want to do is have a scroll pane into which all my .SWF files load when the relevent button is clicked on in the navigation bar. can someone explain how to for me or direct me to the tutorial as i cannot find it. ive searched the forums lots and nothing directly answers my question.

thankyou very much u clever people

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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:** [February 8, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-pane-boring-basic-question/42399/2 "2004-02-08T22:54:37Z")

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Even more boring as all you have to do is open Flash, go to Help, Actionscript Dictionnary, and read under F (all components are there) all you want to know about the scrollpane… !  
Copy/Paste:  
"myScrollPane.setScrollContent(target)  
Parameters

target A text string specifying the symbol linkage ID of a movie clip in the library or an instance of a movie clip.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Method; specifies a movie clip to display in the scroll pane. Calling this method overrides the Scroll Content parameter value set in authoring.

Example

The following example specifies the movie clip instance BetsyTacy as the target for display1.

display1.setScrollContent(“BetsyTacy”);"

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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:** [February 9, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-pane-boring-basic-question/42399/3 "2004-02-09T23:24:46Z")

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but i want to open .swf file from a sever in the scroll pane!?

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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:** [February 9, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-pane-boring-basic-question/42399/4 "2004-02-09T23:36:18Z")

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then say so.  
load into empty holder clip, then set that as content

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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:** [February 12, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-pane-boring-basic-question/42399/5 "2004-02-12T19:00:00Z")

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yeah but i still dont understand, simplist possible terms…?

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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:** [February 12, 2004, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-pane-boring-basic-question/42399/6 "2004-02-12T19:51:17Z")

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read up on “createEmptyMovieclip”  
\_root.createEmptyMC(params…)  
\_root.emptyClip.loadMovie(“yourContent.swf”);  
scrollpane.setScrollContent(\_root.emptyClip);