# AS3 gotoAndStop not working on button, please help!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-gotoandstop-not-working-on-button-please-help/264780>\
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**Created:** [June 30, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-gotoandstop-not-working-on-button-please-help/264780 "2008-06-30T14:11:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![michaels3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@michaels3d](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/michaels3d)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-gotoandstop-not-working-on-button-please-help/264780/1 "2008-06-30T14:11:17Z")

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I’m trying to learn this fancy AS3 jazz and keep getting an error when I do a simple gotoAndStop. Does anyone know what I’m doing wrong?

**Code:**

skipBtn\_mc.buttonMode = true;

skipBtn\_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, skipClick);  
skipBtn\_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL\_OVER, skipOver);  
skipBtn\_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL\_OUT, skipOut);

function skipOver(event:MouseEvent):void  
{  
skipBtn\_mc.gotoAndStop(“over”);  
}

function skipOut(event:MouseEvent):void  
{  
skipBtn\_mc.gotoAndStop(“up”);  
}

function skipClick(event:MouseEvent):void  
{  
gotoAndPlay(“small”);  
}

**Error:**

1061: Call to a possibly undefined method gotoAndStop through a reference with static type flash.display:SimpleButton.

1119: Access of possibly undefined property buttonMode through a reference with static type flash.display:SimpleButton.

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**Author:** ![michaels3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@michaels3d](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/michaels3d)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-gotoandstop-not-working-on-button-please-help/264780/2 "2008-06-30T17:50:50Z")

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i had it as an mc, but for some reason changed it in thee proporties box to act as a button. that was dumb. thanks!

> [@mattrock23;2351422](#):
>
> Looks like the object you are adding event listeners to is a Simple Button. Make it be a Movie Clip.