# Syntax prob with load movie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/syntax-prob-with-load-movie/2846>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 27, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/syntax-prob-with-load-movie/2846 "2002-03-27T18:16:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/syntax-prob-with-load-movie/2846/1 "2002-03-27T18:16:13Z")

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I need the proper syntax to load a movie into a MC named blank…this is what I have thus far…\r\rOn (release)\rLoadMovNum (“about.swf,1”)\r\rhowever, I need to specify the target and I’m not getting it right…the target is an MC with the instance name blank…\r\rthanks 4 any aid…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/syntax-prob-with-load-movie/2846/2 "2002-03-27T18:37:07Z")

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If you do it in Normal mode, just change “level” into “target”.\rAnyway, you should get something like

```auto
 on (release) {\r\r LoadMovie ("about.swf","_root.blank" ) ;\r\r}

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/syntax-prob-with-load-movie/2846/3 "2002-03-27T18:44:49Z")

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ur the best pom…

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/syntax-prob-with-load-movie/2846/4 "2002-03-27T22:34:39Z")

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if you are using loadMovieNum you do not specify a target, you specify a level number.\rexample: loadMovieNum (“filename.swf”,1);\rlevel zero is the first movie loaded into the player and you rarely (if ever) want to load to level zero.\ronce a swf has been loaded into a level however you can loadMovie into that level like a target.\rexample: loadMovie (“filename.swf”,\_level1);\r:) \rjeremy