# attachMovieclip
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [October 14, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694 "2002-10-14T14:45:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@flashjohan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashjohan)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/1 "2002-10-14T14:45:53Z")
Hi!
I have attached a clip which contains other clips. I can make these clips move but if I want to use them as buttons it doesn’t seem to work. I have tryed to use the myMovieClip.onRollOver but without success. What do I have to do to make them react on the mouse?
HELP!
Thankx
Johan
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/2 "2002-10-15T02:30:52Z")
can you please post your code or your fla. Much easier to see what you’re doing. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2002, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/3 "2002-10-15T10:26:03Z")
Hi,
Have u made sure u r using the right paths (myMovie.itsChild.onMouseover)
Cheers
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2002, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/4 "2002-10-15T11:12:29Z")
> \*Originally posted by eki \*
> \*\*Hi,
Have u made sure u r using the right paths (myMovie.itsChild.onMouseover)
Cheers \*\*
hi,
it’s very bizarr, because it seems, that if I use the attachMovie in a hierarchie like: \_root.movie1.movie2.attachMovie… the buttons that the attachted movie contains work. But if I have a 3rd movie (\_root.movie1.movie2.movie3.attachMovie…) the buttons wont react to the mouse anymore. But I can still manipulate them with ex. \_x, or \_xscale. The 3rd movie is a small tween animation which triggers the attachMovie at a cartain frame. The attached clip appears as it should do but the buttons it contains are “dead”.
How does the target path look like in attached movies?
JJ
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2002, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/5 "2002-10-15T11:13:17Z")
> \*Originally posted by Iammontoya \*
> \*\*can you please post your code or your fla. Much easier to see what you’re doing. Thanks. \*\*
hi,
it’s very bizarr, because it seems, that if I use the attachMovie in a hierarchie like: \_root.movie1.movie2.attachMovie… the buttons that the attachted movie contains work. But if I have a 3rd movie (\_root.movie1.movie2.movie3.attachMovie…) the buttons wont react to the mouse anymore. But I can still manipulate them with ex. \_x, or \_xscale. The 3rd movie is a small tween animation which triggers the attachMovie at a cartain frame. The attached clip appears as it should do but the buttons it contains are “dead”.
How does the target path look like in attached movies?
JJ
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2002, 11:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/6 "2002-10-15T11:27:35Z")
Hi,
I’m posting an example of the kind:
myMov.itsChild.itsGranChild.attachMovie.
Hope it’s usefull
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2002, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/7 "2002-10-15T11:51:07Z")
> \*Originally posted by Iammontoya \*
> \*\*can you please post your code or your fla. Much easier to see what you’re doing. Thanks. \*\*
Ok.
This is the code in the attached clip used on a peace of text which I converted in to a another movieclip in order to target it (it’s not a button-clip):
on (rollOver) {
this.onRollOver = function() {
trace(“rolled over”);
}
}
I’m not sure about the “this” but I have no idea how the target path looks like for attached clips.
This is the code for the attaching itself:
\_root.navigation.navEingang.attachMovie(“AktuellesBut”, “AktuellesBut1”, 1);
The “navEingang” is a small tween-animation which triggers the above code on a certain frame.
It’s weard, because when I attach the clip to the “navigation” it works.
This drives my nuts!!!
Please help!
JJ
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2002, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/8 "2002-10-15T11:56:35Z")
Have u look at the fla I’ve posted?
I think it answers ur problems or I don’t understand ur question.
SHO
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2002, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/9 "2002-10-15T12:09:31Z")
> \*Originally posted by eki \*
> \*\*Have u look at the fla I’ve posted?
> I think it answers ur problems or I don’t understand ur question.
SHO \*\*
Thanx for the trouble! But I got that far my self. Now try to position a another Movieclip in side your “rr” and try to make that one react on the mouse. I would be sooooo greatful if you now how to do it…
Thanx again for your help!
JJ
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2002, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/10 "2002-10-15T12:12:59Z")
> \*Originally posted by eki \*
> \*\*Have u look at the fla I’ve posted?
> I think it answers ur problems or I don’t understand ur question.
SHO \*\*
correction: put a movieclip inside the clip you attached and try to make that on react on the mouse… (got confused about which one was the “rr”. Sorry)
JJ
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2002, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/11 "2002-10-15T12:35:53Z")
Hi, that’s all rigth!
I’m posting an updated fla where I put a MC inside the attached MC that reacts as a butt
Cheers
SHO
Is this it?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2002, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/12 "2002-10-15T12:44:10Z")
> \*Originally posted by eki \*
> \*\*Hi, that’s all rigth!
I’m posting an updated fla where I put a MC inside the attached MC that reacts as a butt
Cheers
SHO
Is this it? \*\*
There’s nothing attached… Is it on it’s way? 🙂
JJ
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2002, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/13 "2002-10-15T14:01:54Z")
Oh!
Sorry mate!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/14 "2002-10-15T14:02:49Z")
:o
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2002, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/15 "2002-10-15T14:30:04Z")
> \*Originally posted by eki \*
> \*\*:o \*\*
Hi again!
I changed it the way I have done it. As soon you make a tween animation aut of the MC that you attach, it doesn’t work any more. Check it out…
JJ
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2002, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/16 "2002-10-15T15:55:16Z")
Hi,
The problem is that the but MC needs to exist from the beginning
so just place it offstage in the first frame (or make it alpha 0 )
I’m attaching the file back with tween and working.
Hope this time it’s what u need:)
SHO
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2002, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/17 "2002-10-16T15:32:22Z")
> \*Originally posted by eki \*
> \*\*Hi,
The problem is that the but MC needs to exist from the beginning
so just place it offstage in the first frame (or make it alpha 0 )
I’m attaching the file back with tween and working.
Hope this time it’s what u need:)
SHO \*\*
Hi again!
I’m very pleased for helping me. I have extracted what I have been working with. And it just doesn’t work. If you can make it work? Only if you feel like it. I would appreaciate any help.
The menu “Aktuelles” has a sub menu. The first line in the submenu is a MC called teamBut. This doesn’t react on the mouse!!! Why? I believe a I have done everything like you told me… grrrrrr!
Thanx!
JJ
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/18 "2002-10-16T17:32:28Z")
Hi,
I’ve made it work!(I thought i was going to go :crazy: )
Looks like the problem is to have a button within a button.
I’ve used hitTest in the parent button to get to know if the mouse is over it so that way there’s only the inner button that behaves as it should.
I attach the edited fla
Cheers
SHO
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/19 "2002-10-16T20:26:24Z")
> \*Originally posted by eki \*
> \*\*Hi,
I’ve made it work!(I thought i was going to go :crazy: )
Looks like the problem is to have a button within a button.
I’ve used hitTest in the parent button to get to know if the mouse is over it so that way there’s only the inner button that behaves as it should.
I attach the edited fla
Cheers
SHO \*\*
Thank you so much for your time!!! I really appreciate it! If you don’t mind, I’ll contact you again fi I get some other problems. Normaly I always solve them but by this I get really stuck. :-/
Have a nice evening!
JJ
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2002, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovieclip/6694/20 "2002-10-17T09:36:15Z")
Hi,
That’s all right!
I’m allways up for a challenge and love weird problems (I’m talking Flash here! ;¬).
And of course I don’t mind you contactacting me, that’s what the forum is all about, isn’t it?
Cheers
SHO