# Make buttons affect movie clip?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-buttons-affect-movie-clip/26553>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 24, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-buttons-affect-movie-clip/26553 "2003-07-24T01:24:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Surface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Surface](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Surface)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-buttons-affect-movie-clip/26553/1 "2003-07-24T01:24:53Z")

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hey, i have a question that seems simple, but i dont know how to do it

- how do I make a few buttons affect a sigle movie clip

say i have a few button and a movie clip on the same level, when i click one button, i want it to go to frame 1, when i click another i want it to go to frame 2, and another to frame 3, how would i go about doing this?

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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:** [July 24, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-buttons-affect-movie-clip/26553/2 "2003-07-24T01:29:37Z")

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[AS]on (release){  
movieClip.gotoAndPlay(frame);  
}[/AS]

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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:** [July 24, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-buttons-affect-movie-clip/26553/3 "2003-07-24T01:46:07Z")

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wow, that simple? thanks

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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:** [July 24, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-buttons-affect-movie-clip/26553/4 "2003-07-24T01:49:20Z")

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Yep, that simple 😛