# Variables from loadMovie?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables-from-loadmovie/231692>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 6, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables-from-loadmovie/231692 "2007-07-06T19:56:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Loof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Loof](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Loof)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables-from-loadmovie/231692/1 "2007-07-06T19:56:11Z")

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Okay. I got loadMovie to work in a movie called “testShell” and it loads a movie named “testvid.swf” with a variable “testVar” in it. testvid.swf is loaded into a movieclip named “testclip”. How can I get testVar to register in testShell? If I reference it as “\_root.testclip.testVar”, it doesn’t work.