# Simple question..Loading an external swf located in a sub folder

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**Created:** [June 4, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-question-loading-an-external-swf-located-in-a-sub-folder/189634 "2006-06-04T21:23:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-question-loading-an-external-swf-located-in-a-sub-folder/189634/1 "2006-06-04T21:23:53Z")

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Up till now I’ve had all my swfs in the same folder, but as my site expands it is getting messy so I’d like to start making sub-folders…

How do you load an external swf in to a main swf, that is locating in a sub directory.

I’ve tried this as command for loading an swf located in a folder called “fig”:

container.loadMovie(“fig/pics.swf”);

but I keep coming up with errors. I think the answer is some simple dos pathway…but I’m stuck.

One caveat…I would like my main swf to function locally, or I would have just targeted the external swf to a online…OR is this the only way to do it?

Thanks in advance.