# Advice, please!

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**Created:** [December 7, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advice-please/246153 "2007-12-07T15:51:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![GIALIA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/47e85d/32.png) [@GIALIA](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GIALIA)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advice-please/246153/1 "2007-12-07T15:51:55Z")

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I have problems with pathing.

I am a beginner:s: , and I was asked to create an interactive map in flash!!!

I want to achieve a similar effect with the one used in yahoo maps, where u place your cursor on top of a location and when you click on it, displays/shows a window or box with the address details on it.

I created a button:eye: {I managed to recreate the box (in the ‘Down’ state) as it appears in yahoo}, but when I played the movie my box didn’t ‘stay up’ for long - only for the time I had my mouse clicked on the button actually.

I was adviced to use pathing, and make the box a movie clip. Then, using the on (release) command and \_Root… to play the movie clip. But I got lost with scripting, and I don’t know why it is not working.

Have you got any ideas, please. :red: