# AS3 Features not working outside of Flash Publish

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-features-not-working-outside-of-flash-publish/321293>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 15, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-features-not-working-outside-of-flash-publish/321293 "2011-04-15T14:26:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![aerahn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@aerahn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aerahn)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-features-not-working-outside-of-flash-publish/321293/1 "2011-04-15T14:26:48Z")

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I am having a strange issue where some AS3 features work when I publish directly from Flash by using Ctrl+Enter, but then if I launch the .swf directly from the folder where I publish it, things don’t work. For example, I have a movieclip set to buttonMode that launches a .pdf. This works when I use Ctrl+Enter, but when I launch from the folder it doesn’t even recognize that the MC is a button? Any ideas?  
Thanks, Amanda