# Stop() external SWF

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-external-swf/144439
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [April 14, 2005, 9:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-external-swf/144439 "2005-04-14T09:20:09Z")
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### Author: ![alwaysdrifting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@alwaysdrifting](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alwaysdrifting)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2005, 9:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-external-swf/144439/1 "2005-04-14T09:20:09Z")

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I’m calling an external SWF on the first frame to preload it. I want to play that SWF at a certain frame. How can I stop the SWF on the 1st frame?

Both of these won’t work.

```auto
[COLOR=Blue]_root[/COLOR].container.[COLOR=Blue]gotoAndStop[/COLOR](1);

```

```auto
[COLOR=Blue]_root.[/COLOR]container.[COLOR=Blue]stop[/COLOR]();

```

I can get it working by putting a [COLOR=Blue]stop();[/COLOR] on the first frame of the SWF and playing it several frames in\*(\_root.container.play();\*) but I come across other problems that way when I call that swf for a second time, it just stops on the opening frame…

Someone please help.

Cheers