Buttons and movies

is it possible to have a movie within a button within a movie?
i’ve got the button with the movie, but i want another movie to play when the user clicks down and i can’t seem to make it work. i have the first movie running on a motion guide thing, and i want the other movie to run on thru another motion guide aswell. i’ve tried a few things but just can’t seem to make it work!
anyone got any ideas??? please help me!

provide a .fla please.

this is a really simple problem. It just involves _root.(whatever) but to help you I will write it specifically for the movie you have.

i tried to attach it but the file is too big! :*(

of course it’s possible !
just beware that sometimes it’s gonna be hard to click on them (like mine:)

<embed src=“http://mlkdesign.free.fr/misc/kirupa/buttons.swf” height=200 width=300" type=application/x-shockwave-flash>
http://mlkdesign.online.fr/misc/kirupa/buttons.fla

but whenever i try, it wont play the last movie.
i don’t really know actionscript so i’ve been trying to do it with what i know, and obviously…i just don’t know enough!
i have:

a movie of a balloon floating in the air.
the balloon is also a button that when click down it pops but i also want it then to trigger another movie of the ballon falling to the ground.

if i have to use actionscript…what do i use and where do i put it???

I suggest you use MCs for all your instances. I don’t think movie clips can be accessed if it is inside a button. A button however can be accessed when inside a movie clip. Also if you are uing Flash MX, you can make a MC act like a button. :-\

how do i make a movie clip act like a button???
are you sure i can’t play a movie within a button???

You can play a movie clip within a button but i THINK you can’t access it using actionscript!

You can use the myMovieClip.onRelease function. You can do a lot of things even on just a single frame without any actions attached to your movie clips, buttons etc.

:slight_smile: