# \-Disabling Buttons?-

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disabling-buttons/195681
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 2, 2006, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disabling-buttons/195681 "2006-08-02T12:29:00Z")
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### Author: ![BoonDock](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/boondock/32/1188_2.png) [@BoonDock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BoonDock)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2006, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disabling-buttons/195681/1 "2006-08-02T12:29:00Z")

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Ok, so I’ve got 11 buttons in a portfolio section on the main timeline and each one of them loads a separate external .swf into an emptymovieclip … is there an easier way to disable the buttons when a movieclip is being loaded into the emptymovieclip rather than just stating:

[COLOR=red]button1.enabled = false[/COLOR];

and then:

[COLOR=red]button1.enabled = true;[/COLOR]

for each one? and then re-enabling them after the external movie has been loaded…??

Any help would be greatly appreciated!