# HELP! button problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-button-problem/20474>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 8, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-button-problem/20474 "2003-05-08T23:38:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![ScarFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@ScarFace](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ScarFace)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-button-problem/20474/1 "2003-05-08T23:38:13Z")

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I made an animated button out of a movie clip and the rollover works but when i try to tell it to go to the certain frame on release it doesn’t work. Can anyone tell me what i am doing wrong i would really apreciate it.

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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:** [May 8, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-button-problem/20474/2 "2003-05-08T23:43:17Z")

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Let us see the FLA

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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:** [May 8, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-button-problem/20474/3 "2003-05-08T23:53:05Z")

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Are you putting the on(release) action on the movieClip, or the 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:** [May 9, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-button-problem/20474/4 "2003-05-09T00:16:51Z")

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Yes, I put an on(release) and it didn’t work.  
Heres the fla

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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:** [May 9, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-button-problem/20474/5 "2003-05-09T00:20:16Z")

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You need to put the goto action on the 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:** [May 9, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-button-problem/20474/6 "2003-05-09T00:37:17Z")

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The goto action doesn’t work either. Everytime i put actions to the movie clip something goes wrong.