# attachMovie doesn't work 100% attaching multiple clips

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-doesnt-work-100-attaching-multiple-clips/290218>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 11, 2009, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-doesnt-work-100-attaching-multiple-clips/290218 "2009-06-11T12:12:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![solmartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@solmartin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/solmartin)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-doesnt-work-100-attaching-multiple-clips/290218/1 "2009-06-11T12:12:24Z")

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Hi there,

I hope I can explain this correctly! I am using CS3 and AS2 to make my presentation. Here is my issue:

I have two buttons in the first frame that opens the main navigation (either in English or French) using:

```auto

on(release){
     gotoAndPlay(2);
    _root.attachMovie("english_nav", "english_nav", 8);
}

```

This works fine. When I select a link within the navigation, it also works, using this:

```auto

on(release){
    _root.attachMovie("assistedTransfer_mc", "assistedTransfer_mc", 5);
}

```

However, when I attempt to change the menu using this code, it will change the PAGE to french, but changing the navigation doesn’t work (and trace doesn’t pass me a message):

```auto

on(release){
    _root.attachMovie("assistedTransfer_mc-F", "assistedTransfer_mc-F", 5);
    _root.attachMovie("french_nav", "french_nav", 8);
    trace("THIS WORKS");
}

```

Also, when I select french from the first screen, the same thing happens, in a reverse order (the english navigation won’t change). It appears that once you hit a certain level of links in, multiple attachments aren’t working.

Any idea why?

Thanks for any help