# Basic question about Action Script

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-question-about-action-script/24507>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 1, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-question-about-action-script/24507 "2003-07-01T17:44:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![gmcgrawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@gmcgrawa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gmcgrawa)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-question-about-action-script/24507/1 "2003-07-01T17:44:11Z")

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Since I am a REAL newbie I have a stupid, simple question.

What is the advantage of putting all actions on the Action Layer as opposed to putting actions directly on a button/movie clip etc?

Thanks!

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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:** [July 1, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-question-about-action-script/24507/2 "2003-07-01T17:48:15Z")

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If you have other people helping/working with you, they don’t have to trawl through hours and hours of movieclips to find the one line of code they need.

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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:** [July 1, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-question-about-action-script/24507/3 "2003-07-01T18:00:54Z")

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Thanks!

I am completely new to programming of any kind, but I am finding this not all that hard to understand!

Thanks again