# Help!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/12464>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 31, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/12464 "2003-01-31T16:27:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jerry](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jerry)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/12464/1 "2003-01-31T16:27:35Z")

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Hey there!  
I need some help/advice! I’m building a new site, and I’m kinda stuck at the moment!

Theres the thing (I’ll try to make this as simple as possible):

Let’s say we have 3 buttons (but1 - but2 - but3) and 3 movieclips!

MC1  
MC2  
MC3

When we press but1, MC1 appears on the scene and plays, it then stops and stays on the scene!  
Here the tricky part: Let’s say we press but3 - MC1 then plays again, and when done playing it disappear, and MC3 starts playing and stays on the scene when done playing!

In other words, everytime you press a button, the animation ON the scene plays before the actual MC is played!

Hope you understand what I just wrote, I know it can be done using targetloading and seperate swfs - but thats not what I’m looking for, at first!..

Any help would be NICE! :trout:

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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:** [January 31, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/12464/2 "2003-01-31T16:41:54Z")

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use movie clips as buttons, animate you movie clip and make sure you define a hit area what i do is make the shape of the hit area on the top layer with the color alpha set to 0 this way its easier to use the mc as a button im attaching a menu i did so you can explore it and see how to use movie clips as buttons

Grim

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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:** [January 31, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/12464/3 "2003-01-31T17:24:24Z")

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I cannot open your fla - could you try uploading again!?

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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:** [February 1, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/12464/4 "2003-02-01T15:33:14Z")

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heres another example that fla was at work but here you can see what i mean its simpler than the otehr one i posted before

Grim