# Can't get a transition to work **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [December 1, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-get-a-transition-to-work/208740 "2006-12-01T20:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thetouchofrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@thetouchofrain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thetouchofrain)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-get-a-transition-to-work/208740/1 "2006-12-01T20:20:54Z")
I’m very new to Flash so please forgive any obvious questions! I have a problem with a ‘simple’ transition that is driving me mad… I have a scene with a button named ‘technical’ and the code for the button calls a frame named ‘technical’. In this frame, I have a movie clip which contains some text. When I click the button, it opens the movie and displays the text nicely. So far so good! I decided that I wanted the text (i.e. the movie) the fade in with a wipe. This is what I tried: 1. Select the movie in the ‘technical’ frame. 2. Right-click and choose ‘transition’ 3. Choose wipe direction and number of frames When I test the scene, I select the ‘technical’ button and it plays the movie and fades in the text just as I want - except it repeats and ignores any ‘stop’ commands that I enter. I thought that I knew about using ‘stop’ and have used it successfully elsewhere - it certainly works when I remove the transition from the movie clip. So, then I wondered if perhaps I should display the text as a graphic rather than a movie clip. This is what I did: I converted the text to a graphic symbol and inserted this in the ‘technical’ frame (instead of the movie). I tested the button before adding any effects and it all works (and stops) as expected. However, once I appy the transition and test the scene, pressing the ‘technical’ button displays nothing. I can see that the fading graphic works by checking each frame in the timeline - it fades in gradually just as I want - it just doesn’t display when I run the scene. So now I’m stumped. Using a movie, I can’t seem to stop it. Using a graphic, it doesn’t display. Can anyone save my sanity?! Thank you 🙂 claire