# Swapping external swf on main stage

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapping-external-swf-on-main-stage/258143>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 21, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapping-external-swf-on-main-stage/258143 "2008-04-21T13:06:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![bluedamaged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@bluedamaged](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bluedamaged)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapping-external-swf-on-main-stage/258143/1 "2008-04-21T13:06:48Z")

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Hey guys. This is probably an easy problem for you as3 gurus. I left the Flash world years ago only to come back to it now.

I have a main stage. In the stage are buttons to load external .swfs A, B, C. These buttons work fine using as3 Loader class. A visitor has to manually click on a button after each external swf is played to play the next. I would like A to automatically load B when done… and B to load C.

What I tried to do is to put an action at the end of A telling it to go to root and load B. As we all know, \_root is no longer available. I’ve tried many things I’ve read on this forum but has not helped. How would I go about doing this. Hope you guys understand my question. Thanks.