# Buttons and movies

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-and-movies/29541
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 28, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-and-movies/29541 "2003-08-28T01:46:39Z")
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### Author: ![pez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5e9695/32.png) [@pez](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pez)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-and-movies/29541/1 "2003-08-28T01:46:39Z")

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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!

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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: [August 28, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-and-movies/29541/2 "2003-08-28T02:18:51Z")

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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.

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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: [August 28, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-and-movies/29541/3 "2003-08-28T04:52:26Z")

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

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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: [August 28, 2003, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-and-movies/29541/4 "2003-08-28T08:07:52Z")

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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](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](http://mlkdesign.online.fr/misc/kirupa/buttons.fla)

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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: [August 28, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-and-movies/29541/5 "2003-08-28T11:44:56Z")

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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???

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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: [August 28, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-and-movies/29541/6 "2003-08-28T15:52:03Z")

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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. :-\

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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: [August 29, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-and-movies/29541/7 "2003-08-29T07:49:26Z")

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

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#### Post date: [August 29, 2003, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-and-movies/29541/8 "2003-08-29T10:32:39Z")

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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.

🙂