# Error message while using gotoAndPlay

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-message-while-using-gotoandplay/276385>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 26, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-message-while-using-gotoandplay/276385 "2008-11-26T14:24:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![P\_N\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@P\_N\_C](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/P_N_C)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-message-while-using-gotoandplay/276385/1 "2008-11-26T14:24:21Z")

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hey guys

I am working on a project where i am creating a button list  
I am a complete beginner in flash (i used to work simple stuff on Macromedia Flash 5 years ago) and for some reason i find that simpler, just too old

Anyway, a brief description about my project is as follows:

1- I have a background and 11 button bg’s  
2- when the 1st scene loads, the 11 button bg’s slide from the side at a simultaneous motion where the 1st bg slides in then the next and so on  
3- while sliding the bg the text (the actual clickable button) appears and then the bg disappears

Thats what ive done so far

Now what i want is, when i hover the 1st text “Home” for example, i want the bg for that button to slide in from the side with a motion (similar to how it slided in when loading the scene)

and when i hover out the button it should disappear

I thought of making 11 different scenes that will do it for me using action script but it didnt work, i tried to apply the “GoToAndPlay” command and create a frame with that action somewhere far away, it still didnt work

my code in the action script is this

```auto
on(rollOver) {
 gotoAndPlay(75);
}

```

and this is the error message i get

```auto
1087: Syntax error: extra characters found after end of program.

```

the only reason i am doing this is because when i define the text and make it a button, i double click it and i dont know what i am missing but it doesnt show me the (UP, DOWN, OVER, HIT) screen where i insert how it should act, however, in that screen there is only 1 frame for each action that will apply to THAT layer or button i am editing, which i dont want because i want another layer to slide in

I know my whole topic isnt explained in the best way therefore i have uploaded the swf and it is posted below

[http://www.piglatinhiphop.com/newsite/project.html](http://www.piglatinhiphop.com/newsite/project.html)

Also i am facing another problem thats not making any sense to me at all

on when i click a button I want to open a page in an iframe, therefore i set this code

```auto
on (press)
 = function (){
	getURL ("index.htm","I1");
}

```

i check the syntax and nothing is wrong with it, i play the file it keeps looping although i have set a code to stop it from looping or playing any further frames, i remove the code above and it stops like its supposed to… any suggestions ?

thanks