# Draggable menu help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draggable-menu-help/25299>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 11, 2003, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draggable-menu-help/25299 "2003-07-11T07:47:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Derek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@Derek](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Derek)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draggable-menu-help/25299/1 "2003-07-11T07:47:38Z")

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hey, i pieced this menu together from various tutorials… however, i can figure out how to get the buttons to actually work! i want to click on that first one and have it load another .swf into a blank keyframe, but it wont work… can somebody help me out?

Derek

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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:** [July 11, 2003, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draggable-menu-help/25299/2 "2003-07-11T10:10:28Z")

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maybe you can use the call function action

\_root.content.loadMovie(“yourfilename.swf”);

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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:** [July 11, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draggable-menu-help/25299/3 "2003-07-11T20:44:37Z")

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it didnt work… the problem is that the buttons dont seem to do anything when i click on them… does this have anything to do with the various masks or something?  
when i put a button outside of the menu, and i tell it to

on (release) {  
loadMovie(“Mymovie.swf”, “container”);  
}

where “container” is the instance assigned to my blank keyframe which i want the .swf to load into… it works, the external .swf loads perfectly… but when i put the exact same code into the menu, it doesnt work… does anyone have any idea why?

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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:** [July 12, 2003, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draggable-menu-help/25299/4 "2003-07-12T07:29:01Z")

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anyone have any idea whats up?

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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:** [July 12, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draggable-menu-help/25299/5 "2003-07-12T07:35:24Z")

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Is something like this you wanted?  
(click the green 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:** [July 13, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draggable-menu-help/25299/6 "2003-07-13T02:16:39Z")

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i believe so… thanks a bunch man…

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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:** [July 13, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draggable-menu-help/25299/7 "2003-07-13T06:24:11Z")

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No problem