# \[FMX\] CreateThisMovieClip and DoSomething.onRelease

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-createthismovieclip-and-dosomething-onrelease/44212>\
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**Created:** [March 1, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-createthismovieclip-and-dosomething-onrelease/44212 "2004-03-01T20:24:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![w1cked5mile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@w1cked5mile](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/w1cked5mile)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-createthismovieclip-and-dosomething-onrelease/44212/1 "2004-03-01T20:24:08Z")

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Solve one problem. Still have another. Why doesn’t this code work correctly for the onRelease?

createEmptyMovieClip(“MC”, 1);  
MC.loadMovie(“MC.swf”, “\_root.MC”);  
MC.onrelease = function() {  
trace(“hello world”);  
};

Thank you for any help!

Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.  
–Anna Freud (1895-1982)