# Start/Stop externally loaded SWF

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/start-stop-externally-loaded-swf/249712>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 21, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/start-stop-externally-loaded-swf/249712 "2008-01-21T23:08:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![rrex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ebca7d/32.png) [@rrex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rrex)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/start-stop-externally-loaded-swf/249712/1 "2008-01-21T23:08:49Z")

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I’ve been looking for help on this all day and cannot, for the life of me, figure out why this isn’t working.

I am loading an external SWF into a movieclip like so:

newMC.LoadMovie (“myswf.swf”);

I want a button to start and stop myswf.swf at will, so I’ve been using this on the button:

on(release){ newMC.stop(); }

I’ve tried some variations but I just can’t get myswf.swf to pause.

If you have any suggestions as to what I should try, it would be deeply appreciated.

R;)