# I need help with buttons

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-need-help-with-buttons/5685>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 19, 2002, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-need-help-with-buttons/5685 "2002-09-19T12:53:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![albuchi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@albuchi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/albuchi)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2002, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-need-help-with-buttons/5685/1 "2002-09-19T12:53:20Z")

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Maybe it is a silly question but I have problems when I put a button inside a movie in Flash 5. It doesn’t work and I don’t know why… I have to say that I am novice in Action Script… well, I would be grateful if you could help me…  
Thanx 🙂

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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:** [September 19, 2002, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-need-help-with-buttons/5685/2 "2002-09-19T13:24:45Z")

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well for start you could tell me what the button is supposed to do, or at least give us the actions! so somebody could help you…

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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:** [September 19, 2002, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-need-help-with-buttons/5685/3 "2002-09-19T14:19:59Z")

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Yes. Be more specific. And if the button is inside a movie clip, make sure you are using the right target path,

eg. gotoAndPlay(1); will make the movie clip the button is in, go to and play frame 1.

\_root.gotoAndPlay(1); will make themain timeline go to and play frame 1.