# Vars lost in LoadMovie ?!?! **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [December 23, 2002, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vars-lost-in-loadmovie/10046 "2002-12-23T11:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![piddu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@piddu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/piddu)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vars-lost-in-loadmovie/10046/1 "2002-12-23T11:30:05Z")
Hi, i am loading an external SWF into an empty movieclip but all properties (vars) from that mc seem to be lost. In other words I have variables contained in movie clips that should be loaded with the external SWF … but it doesn’t work !! Is it normal that parameters contained in an external movie are lost when loaded ?? I’ve never come across this before … :crazy: … if anyone can help … bye piddu ---
**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:** [December 23, 2002, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vars-lost-in-loadmovie/10046/2 "2002-12-23T12:47:20Z")
they´re just with a wrong path. =) WELCOME TO KIRUPA FORUM! I´m sure you´ll gonna like in here. Stick around, give us a shot, and you´ll not regret it. [SIZE=1]_Please don’t spam on help forums_[/SIZE] ---
**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:** [December 23, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vars-lost-in-loadmovie/10046/3 "2002-12-23T13:10:44Z")
well , maybe … but I’ve checked the path many times… the external mc is loaded into an empty movie clip called tilemenu which is positioned in the \_root the external MC has 5 different movieclips, each with an id property set. when i load it into my movie I can target those 5 movie clips but if I try to read the “id” property i get an “undefined” result, which is not what I was expecting. Any advices ?? piddu ---
**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:** [December 23, 2002, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vars-lost-in-loadmovie/10046/4 "2002-12-23T13:30:36Z")
What do you mean by \*\*“id” property \*\* ? is that a variable, or the instance name? try targeting by it´s level, ex: [SIZE=1]increase the _variable_ **speed** inside the _mc_ **ball** on _level_ **2** :[/SIZE] ```auto _level2.ball.speed++; ``` =) ---
**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:** [December 24, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vars-lost-in-loadmovie/10046/5 "2002-12-24T07:24:07Z")
sorry if I didn’t explain myself very well … 🙂 The problem was this : - I am loading an external mc that holds a number of sub-moviclips - Each of these mc has some custom properties already set - When I load this external mc into my movie I catch the “onData” event so that I know when it is fully loaded. As soon as this event is raised I call a function that reads those properties we were talking about from the loaded external mc. For some reason this properties are not ready to be read in that moment (the onMovieClipeEvent(onData)) … but if you just let 1 or 2 frames pass then those variables do appear !! The solution : I’ve placed a var called “Inited” in the external MC. As soon as the onData event is raised I wait for “Inited” to be set, then I can call my custon function that does what I need. (it is a level-editor for an arcade game I am doing) This thing really made me go nuts because I’ve never come across such a particularity in actionscript … hope this will help somebody else as well. Bye and Merry Christmas !! PiddU ---
**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:** [December 26, 2002, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vars-lost-in-loadmovie/10046/6 "2002-12-26T11:20:51Z")
Cheers:crazy: