# Can't add event listener to button

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-add-event-listener-to-button/298890>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 26, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-add-event-listener-to-button/298890 "2009-10-26T19:54:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![darren884](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@darren884](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/darren884)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-add-event-listener-to-button/298890/1 "2009-10-26T19:54:49Z")

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All my other instances I can access on my main movie from within my main movie except my button named play\_game. Whenever I tried to trace or access it, it says its null. Do I have to do something special in order to access button instances?