# Enabled and Disabled - help please!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enabled-and-disabled-help-please/128810>\
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**Created:** [November 16, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enabled-and-disabled-help-please/128810 "2004-11-16T14:42:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![oilcontrol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ba9def/32.png) [@oilcontrol](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/oilcontrol)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enabled-and-disabled-help-please/128810/1 "2004-11-16T14:42:18Z")

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Hi all,

I have this movieclip with buttons residing in the main timeline. This movieclip is set with an \_alpha = 0. How do I disabled this movieclip/buttons in the main timeline as well? The movieclip will be visible only if another button(not within this movieclip) is pressed.

I tried using the following but it doesn’t work.

movieclipInstanceName.enabled = false;

How do I go about doing it?

Thanks for any input in advance.