# Making buttons work
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/61323
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 17, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/61323 "2004-08-17T19:43:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@flashstupid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashstupid)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/61323/1 "2004-08-17T19:43:53Z")
Ok, what I’ve done is imported graphics into my movie. I’m using those as backgrounds, similar to powerpoint. I want to make buttons that are necessary to move onto the next frame. But when I put in
on(release)
{
gotoAndPlay(frame#)
}
it just skips over it and i can’t click on the button. I don’t have various layers set up for this, maybe that’s what I need to do?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/61323/2 "2004-08-17T19:47:55Z")
Welcome to the forums! 🙂
You don’t need layers necessarily (though they are nice for organizing). Sounds like you are missing a stop action. If you have multiple frames but you want to stick on one until someone presses a button then you need to put stop(); on the frame you want to stick on. Then when your button is pressed you can either use the following:
```auto
on(release){
gotoAndStop(frame#)}
```
or put a stop(); on the frame you want to go to and stop at and use gotoAndPlay(frame#) (or gotoAndStop - works just as well I think).
:hr:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/61323/3 "2004-08-17T19:57:28Z")
Ok, I tried putting in
on(release){
gotoandStop(frame#)
}
Nothing worked. When I do control\>test movie, it just skips it right over and nothing happens.
Should I be worried about the properties and parameters?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/61323/4 "2004-08-17T20:00:10Z")
If I do the other way:
on(release){
gotoandPlay(frame#)}
and then put a stop() in my destination frame, it does stop in that frame but will not stop to ask me for a click in the other frame. AAAHHHH!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/61323/5 "2004-08-17T20:28:59Z")
Like I said, you need to put a stop(); on the frame you want to stick on. So whatever frame your button is on put a stop there.
:hr:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/61323/6 "2004-08-17T20:34:13Z")
Here, I mocked up an example for you.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/61323/7 "2004-08-17T20:45:45Z")
Thanks, I just had the stop in the wrong place. I’ve got it working like I had wanted. Thanks so much for the help and the example.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/61323/8 "2004-08-17T20:50:16Z")
No problem, glad you got it working! :thumb: