# Button Question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-question/2314>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 26, 2002, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-question/2314 "2002-04-26T10:02:06Z")\
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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:** [April 26, 2002, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-question/2314/1 "2002-04-26T10:02:06Z")

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I was wondering if anybody could help me out with a button question I have. I’m still new at flash and know how to do a lot of basic stuff, but I want to do this thing with a button. I have 2 GIFs, one GIF is the “up” state, and I have an animated GIF that I want to use as the “over” state. My question is how do I import the animated GIF and use it as the “over” state for the button? I know how to add sound to the button, but I’m having trouble with the animated GIF after I import it.  
Do I need to make the animated GIF a movie?

Any Help would be greatly appreciated.

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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:** [April 26, 2002, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-question/2314/2 "2002-04-26T10:08:02Z")

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a movieClip yes.

Open flash  
Use menu option “Insert/New Symbol”  
Choose movie clip from the dialogue box that apears.  
A new timeline will apear for this movie clip.  
Select frame one on this timeline  
use menu option “File/Import” to import the gif.

Click back to the main timeline.  
Now, double click on your button.  
Select frame 2 (over), and drag the movieclip you just created from the library to the stage.

If you need more detail than that… just ask. 🙂

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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:** [April 26, 2002, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-question/2314/3 "2002-04-26T10:16:04Z")

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Hey Thanks for the quick reply, I’ll give it a whirl and see if I can manage the rest on my own.

I greatly appreciate it.