# Dynamic creation of buttons
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-creation-of-buttons/26184
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 20, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-creation-of-buttons/26184 "2003-07-20T18:37:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@potamus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/potamus)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-creation-of-buttons/26184/1 "2003-07-20T18:37:16Z")
I’m trying to create buttons dynamically… i found a thread dealing with how to do this, how to draw lines, add text, etc. but what I really want to do is add a small section of a larger image contained in my library to each button.
To clarify I want to create four buttons dynamically and have each button contain a unique quarter of the the graphic in my library.
Any ideas?
Thanks a lot.
Potamus
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-creation-of-buttons/26184/2 "2003-07-21T20:07:20Z")
could make each quater into movie clips then use the attach method to get them from the library and put them on the stage.
V.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-creation-of-buttons/26184/3 "2003-07-21T20:35:44Z")
post your script that you’re using to create the buttons and i can help
if you’re using a ‘for’ loop then you can just assign the box to contain an image matching its number. i.e. if you have 4 images and 4 boxes then you can tell the for loop to put image 1 in box 1 and so on.
post it up and i’ll help if i’m able =)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-creation-of-buttons/26184/4 "2003-07-22T20:08:28Z")
Thanks guys but I must not be conveying my problem accurately. I don’t have a script to post b/c I don’t know if it can be written. I am familiar with and have used the attachMovie method, ‘for’ loops… etc.
my problem is that i’m lazy. I’m creating a puzzle game and each piece is a section of a larger image. the last thing i want to do is divide my image into 25 movie clips manually. what i want to do is us AS to do it for me, that way I won’t go mad and I can create many puzzles with little extra effort.
I’ve since been looking around a bit and no luck… Thanks again for any info.
Potamus