# SWF Load play to end Unload - Load next SWF

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-load-play-to-end-unload-load-next-swf/206393>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 7, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-load-play-to-end-unload-load-next-swf/206393 "2006-11-07T20:02:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![charles\_i](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/charles_i/32/2986_2.png) [@charles\_i](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/charles_i)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-load-play-to-end-unload-load-next-swf/206393/1 "2006-11-07T20:02:10Z")

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Hello,

I’m new to this forum and joined because I have spent several hours researching this basic question but either I find info that is too old (eg. Flash 5) or too complex for what I want to do.

In Flash 8, using ActionScript 2.0 I would simply like to load an swf intro into a container movie - let it play to the end (how can I tell when the last frame is finished) and then unload it to purge the memory (as there are some large bitmaps and animation that won’t play again) - then play the next swf - the actual main movie.

I don’t want a preloader script and I don’t want to activate these movies with buttons, which is what I’m coming up with when I search for this.

Thanks!  
Charles