# How do use buttons to control movie clip?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-use-buttons-to-control-movie-clip/120533
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 25, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-use-buttons-to-control-movie-clip/120533 "2004-08-25T06:19:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Xavier](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Xavier)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-use-buttons-to-control-movie-clip/120533/1 "2004-08-25T06:19:27Z")
hi ppl, i am flash newbie, i am trying to use buttons to stop, play, go forward, go backward and go back to start and i cant seem to make it successful. help anyone? :asian:
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### Author:  [@wizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wizard)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-use-buttons-to-control-movie-clip/120533/2 "2004-08-25T06:43:11Z")
Play:[AS]on (release) {
play();
}[/AS]
Stop:[AS]on (release) {
stop();
}[/AS]Place these on your corresponding buttons.
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### Author:  [@Xavier](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Xavier)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2004, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-use-buttons-to-control-movie-clip/120533/3 "2004-08-25T06:44:51Z")
yeah i put those but cant…
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### Author:  [@wizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wizard)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2004, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-use-buttons-to-control-movie-clip/120533/4 "2004-08-25T06:55:10Z")
> [@Xavier](#):
>
> yeah i put those but cant…
But can’t what?
Are your Buttons targeting a Movie Clip Symbol?
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### Author:  [@Xavier](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Xavier)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2004, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-use-buttons-to-control-movie-clip/120533/5 "2004-08-25T07:00:15Z")
erm… wats that?? how to target the movie clip?
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### Author:  [@wizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wizard)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2004, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-use-buttons-to-control-movie-clip/120533/6 "2004-08-25T07:07:41Z")
What I mean is, do you have a **Movie Clip Symbol** on your Stage and want your Buttons, when pressed, to go somewhere inside that Movie Clip?
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### Author:  [@Rockstar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rockstar)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2004, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-use-buttons-to-control-movie-clip/120533/7 "2004-08-25T07:08:36Z")
yourButtonName.onRelease=function ();
{
yourMcName.gotoAndPlay.(“labelOrFrameNumber”);}
to stop change gotoAndPlay with gotoAndStop or Stop
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### Author:  [@Xavier](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Xavier)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-use-buttons-to-control-movie-clip/120533/8 "2004-08-26T00:32:27Z")
> [@wizard](#):
>
> What I mean is, do you have a **Movie Clip Symbol** on your Stage and want your Buttons, when pressed, to go somewhere inside that Movie Clip?
yeah i have a movic clip symbol, wat i want is when i click play the movie will play and when clip stop it will stop on where it is. Then when click play again it will play on where it stop.
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### Author:  [@wizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wizard)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-use-buttons-to-control-movie-clip/120533/9 "2004-08-26T00:34:22Z")
Okay, that script I gave you in my first post should work.
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### Author:  [@Xavier](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Xavier)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-use-buttons-to-control-movie-clip/120533/10 "2004-08-26T00:59:36Z")
erm… it dont seem to work