# Button inside movieclip

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-movieclip/33928
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [October 25, 2003, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-movieclip/33928 "2003-10-25T09:43:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![adevejian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@adevejian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/adevejian)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2003, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-movieclip/33928/1 "2003-10-25T09:43:40Z")

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I have a button inside an mc with the script:

on (release) {  
gotoAndPlay(“Out”);  
}

but it doesn’t work. I’ve also tried

on (release) {  
root.gotoAndPlay(“Out”);  
}

but that doesn’t work either. how do I get out of the mc?

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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: [October 25, 2003, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-movieclip/33928/2 "2003-10-25T10:59:20Z")

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```auto
on (release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay("Out");
}

```

You’re missing the underscore before root.