# Buttons in movieclip not working!
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-movieclip-not-working/15726
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [March 17, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-movieclip-not-working/15726 "2003-03-17T16:54:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@p13](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/p13)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-movieclip-not-working/15726/1 "2003-03-17T16:54:41Z")
I made a menu that scrolls from left to right which contains all of my buttons for navigation. This menu is a movie clip. My buttons load external swf’s into a blank movie clip on the main timeline. The problem is that my buttons don’t work when they’re in the menu movie clip. They work if I place them on the main time line but then I can’t animate my menu… Help!
The code I’m using for my buttons:
on (release) {
loadMovie(“bio.swf”, “blank”);
}
Thanks in advance…
-P.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-movieclip-not-working/15726/2 "2003-03-17T16:57:28Z")
try
```auto
on (release) {
_parent.blank.loadMovie("bio.swf");
}
```
or
```auto
on (release) {
_root.blank.loadMovie("bio.swf");
}
```
hope it helps =)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-movieclip-not-working/15726/3 "2003-03-17T17:18:11Z")
Thanks a lot, the second one worked! :beam:
-P.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-movieclip-not-working/15726/4 "2003-03-17T17:19:29Z")
or try using
on (release) {
\_root.mcinstance.buttonname.loadMovie(“bio.swf”);
}
GRIM
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-movieclip-not-working/15726/5 "2003-03-17T17:19:48Z")
yup … no problem 😉 =)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-movieclip-not-working/15726/6 "2003-03-17T18:43:28Z")
While we’re at it…
How would I make a button unload a movie that has been loaded into a blank movie clip? I would like to have a “home” button unload whatever movie is loaded into the blank movie clip.
Thanks in advance…
-P.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-movieclip-not-working/15726/7 "2003-03-17T19:04:10Z")
```auto
on (release) {
_root.blank.unloadMovie();
}
```
=)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-movieclip-not-working/15726/8 "2003-03-17T19:31:08Z")
Thank you! 😏
-P.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-movieclip-not-working/15726/9 "2003-03-17T19:33:55Z")
you’re welcome 😉 🙂