# Avi control

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/avi-control/9246>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 8, 2002, 4:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/avi-control/9246 "2002-12-08T04:45:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Tazo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@Tazo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tazo)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 4:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/avi-control/9246/1 "2002-12-08T04:45:18Z")

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I’m new to this forum so please forgive my lack of knowlege with flash. I have a question, I imported an avi file into flash and now I want it to play whenever I press a button. How would I go about doing so? thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/avi-control/9246/2 "2002-12-09T11:39:28Z")

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Place your avi movie inside a movie clip and give it an instance name like “myMC” and for you button, place this action in it:

```php
on(release) {
myMC.play();
}

```