# Making A Button work \[MX 2004\]

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-button-work-mx-2004/42872>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 13, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-button-work-mx-2004/42872 "2004-02-13T23:24:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jw06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@jw06](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jw06)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-button-work-mx-2004/42872/1 "2004-02-13T23:24:05Z")

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:S ok im wondering how to make a button bring up a new website with getURL… is it something like onRelease? not sure kinda new to this… 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:** [February 13, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-button-work-mx-2004/42872/2 "2004-02-13T23:27:35Z")

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on (release) {  
getURL(“[http://www.websitename.htm](http://www.websitename.htm)”);  
}

Adam

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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 14, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-button-work-mx-2004/42872/3 "2004-02-14T00:32:55Z")

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Eeek… but how would i do this with multiple buttons? the output box keeps saying bad things

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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 14, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-button-work-mx-2004/42872/4 "2004-02-14T00:46:19Z")

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The only way I know is to actually put this on each button, but maybe someone here has a better way…sorry.

Adam