# Urgent Help Needed! MovieClip doesn't respond

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-movieclip-doesnt-respond/185185>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 11, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-movieclip-doesnt-respond/185185 "2006-04-11T16:38:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sed\_thh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@sed\_thh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sed_thh)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-movieclip-doesnt-respond/185185/1 "2006-04-11T16:38:25Z")

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so, I had this problem since yesterday, and I can’t fix it:

```auto

i=4
loadMovie("wall_sample.swf", "lt"+i)

//the movie is loaded into the movieClip, but
//NONE of the following worked, the movieClip keeps playing

_root.lt4.stop()
_level0.lt4.stop()
tellTarget("lt4"){stop()}
with(lt4){stop()}

//however changing the movieClip's properties works fine (both ways)
_root.lt4._x=0
setProperty("_root.lt4", _y, 0)

```

can someone help me out? What’s wrong? Howcome I can’t evoke any functions within the loaded swf? Please help

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**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-movieclip-doesnt-respond/185185/2 "2006-04-11T16:41:19Z")

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try tracing the width, that will tell you more. You can change the location of a clip before it’s fully loaded, but you cant trace the size.

Maybe you need to slap that “stop()” stuff in an onLoad handler.

Edit: or even better, use MovieClipLoader

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**Author:** ![sed\_thh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@sed\_thh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sed_thh)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-movieclip-doesnt-respond/185185/3 "2006-04-11T16:45:05Z")

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dude **thank you** soo much, it worked =)  
(the mc didn’t fully load when the script was executed, I put the script within an onClipEvent(enterFrame) handler at the main timeline and it worked)

^^ yay

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**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-movieclip-doesnt-respond/185185/4 "2006-04-11T16:47:22Z")

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np:) You’ve helped me before.