# Button inside movieclip

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-movieclip/93083
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [October 25, 2003, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-movieclip/93083 "2003-10-25T09:43:40Z")
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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/93083/1 "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?