# Button.enabled question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-enabled-question/24128>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 26, 2003, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-enabled-question/24128 "2003-06-26T09:23:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![mooler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mooler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mooler)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-enabled-question/24128/1 "2003-06-26T09:23:38Z")

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Hi I´m having trouble with my buttons to enable them an when not to.  
Have a var (loadswf) that changes value on (Press) and goes to and play frame 1.  
In frame 1 I have the following code

[AS]if (loadswf != “first”) {  
btnStart.enabled = false;  
} else {  
btnStart.enabled = true;  
}[/AS]  
The movies starts with wht btnStart disabled but when pressing another button wich changes the value the button still stays disabled?  
Any ideas

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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:** [June 26, 2003, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-enabled-question/24128/2 "2003-06-26T09:32:14Z")

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probably the path to the button is wrong… ? :-\

could you attach your FLA?

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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:** [June 26, 2003, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-enabled-question/24128/3 "2003-06-26T09:37:30Z")

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Sorry messed that up here´s the current file.

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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:** [June 26, 2003, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-enabled-question/24128/4 "2003-06-26T09:44:03Z")

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Ok solved it with this

[AS]if (loadswf == “forum”) {  
btnForum.enabled = false;  
} else if (loadswf != “forum”) {  
btnForum.enabled = true;  
} [/AS]

Don´t get it why the other code didn´t work but that´s life 🙂

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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:** [June 26, 2003, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-enabled-question/24128/5 "2003-06-26T09:46:55Z")

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```auto
btnStart.enabled = loadswf != "first";

```

ok… since you solved it on your own, you can say i made your life easier. 😉 😛

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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:** [June 26, 2003, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-enabled-question/24128/6 "2003-06-26T09:51:40Z")

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Hey you sure did. Thx kax, thanks alot 🙂

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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:** [June 26, 2003, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-enabled-question/24128/7 "2003-06-26T09:52:39Z")

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you’re welcome. :thumb: