# Using \_root in external swf

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using--root-in-external-swf/289580>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 2, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using--root-in-external-swf/289580 "2009-06-02T05:38:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![junta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@junta](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/junta)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using--root-in-external-swf/289580/1 "2009-06-02T05:38:47Z")

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I have an external swf, that is a photo gallery, loading into my main swf. When the external swf loads, everything works fine except when you click on a thumbnail in the external swf, the jpg doesn’t load. I have it set up that an empty movie clip is created first, then the jpg is loaded into that. I have a feeling it is something with the fact that I am using \_root, but I don’t have any guesses whats causing the issue and how to fix it…any help would be great, thanks!

```auto
        News.onRelease = function(){
                     if( !this.up ){
			TweenMax.to(loading, .5, {autoAlpha:100});
			_root.createEmptyMovieClip("container", 1);
			container.createEmptyMovieClip("mc", 1);

```