# Button Problem
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-problem/28495
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 14, 2003, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-problem/28495 "2003-08-14T10:58:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@TOOL](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TOOL)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2003, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-problem/28495/1 "2003-08-14T10:58:23Z")
Bah I lost what I wrote before when the attachment wouldn’t take my .swf. Can you actually attach .swf files or is it only images?
Here’s my problem. When you mouse over the button, it keeps changing between its down and up state. The button is a rectangle with text and the fill of the rectangle is now a graphic because I wanted to make the background of the button transparent. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2003, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-problem/28495/2 "2003-08-14T11:10:42Z")
Oh I had this problem before…(as being a beginner). You should use attachMovie, and the movie should be in the same folder.
on (release) {
\_root.contents.loadMovie(“yourmovie.swf”);
}
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2003, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-problem/28495/3 "2003-08-14T11:15:19Z")
I haven’t attached or linked it to anything yet so I don’t think that’s the problem, but thanks anyway.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2003, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-problem/28495/4 "2003-08-14T11:15:35Z")
To make symbols transparent, make sure your button is a symbol, and change color in properties from non to alpha.
Anyway, use the tutorials on this site, they realy are good!!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-problem/28495/5 "2003-08-14T11:17:19Z")
Yep, done that. :-\
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2003, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-problem/28495/6 "2003-08-14T11:30:23Z")
check my paintings: www.inflicted.nl
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2003, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-problem/28495/7 "2003-08-14T11:35:37Z")
Uh what am I looking at? Is this about the buttons?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-problem/28495/8 "2003-08-14T11:44:51Z")
no, just to entertain you…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2003, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-problem/28495/9 "2003-08-14T11:46:22Z")
Oh ok, maybe you should post it in Drawing and Design so more people see it but thanks for the link. 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-problem/28495/10 "2003-08-15T00:30:11Z")
bump