# AS3 equivalent to attachMovie

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**Created:** [March 9, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-equivalent-to-attachmovie/254199 "2008-03-09T15:32:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![skatona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@skatona](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skatona)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-equivalent-to-attachmovie/254199/1 "2008-03-09T15:32:50Z")

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Hi,

I think I’m close to figuring this out – using addChild, but I just can’t lock in. Basically, I’m trying to create a pop-up box using the Timer event, where when someone mouses over a button a box pops up similar to using attachMovie from AS2. And when they mouse away from the button the pop-up box fades away. I’m getting my AS2 way too mixed in w/AS3, and I’m confusing myself on how to make this work as a function. Any suggestions?

Thanks…Steve