# \_alpha not working in Internet Explorer

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-alpha-not-working-in-internet-explorer/321685>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 27, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-alpha-not-working-in-internet-explorer/321685 "2011-04-27T13:57:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![almada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@almada](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/almada)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-alpha-not-working-in-internet-explorer/321685/1 "2011-04-27T13:57:36Z")

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Hi, I have a big Flash (AS2) book, with a small button that, on zoom, disappears (\_alpha = 0)

This is working either when i run the swf directly, in Firefox 4 and Chrome.  
But does not work in Internet Explorer 8.

Thanks in advance 🙂