# Hover Captions won't display inside of another movieclip

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hover-captions-wont-display-inside-of-another-movieclip/196733
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 10, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hover-captions-wont-display-inside-of-another-movieclip/196733 "2006-08-10T16:53:43Z")
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### Author: ![taurus5\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9d8465/32.png) [@taurus5\_6](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/taurus5_6)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hover-captions-wont-display-inside-of-another-movieclip/196733/1 "2006-08-10T16:53:43Z")

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[FONT=Arial Black][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black] **☹ Please Help** … Im working on the[/COLOR][/FONT]\*\* TUTORIAL POSTED BY KIRUPA **[COLOR=#000000]Hover Captions was posted 18 August 2005, [FONT=Arial]meaning it will be its first year in the web very soon. Just got to it considering that I am a newbie. [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT]  
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[COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]I managed to make it work as how conveniently explained. However, when trying to use it within a movie clip makes NO RESULT![/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR]  
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[COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]I tried using "[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR]  
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[FONT=Arial][COLOR=navy]**\_root.[movieclip1].[button1].onRollOver = function () {**[/COLOR][/FONT]  
[FONT=Arial][COLOR=navy]captionFN(true, “First Button”, this);[/COLOR][/FONT]  
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[FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]or [/COLOR][/FONT]  
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[FONT=Arial][FONT=Arial][COLOR=navy]**_[button1]_.onRollOver = function () {\*\*[/COLOR][/FONT]  
[FONT=Arial][COLOR=navy]**captionFN(true, “First Button”, \_root._[movieclip1].[button1]_);**[/COLOR][/FONT]  
[FONT=Arial][COLOR=navy][/COLOR][/FONT]  
[FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]"[/COLOR][/FONT]  
[FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]yet I get no result…[/COLOR][/FONT]  
[FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/FONT]  
[FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Where can is the possible problem…[/COLOR][/FONT]  
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[FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][sambuddy\_99@yahoo.com](mailto:sambuddy_99@yahoo.com)[/COLOR][/FONT]  
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