# Making MC into a button
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-mc-into-a-button/96580
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [December 11, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-mc-into-a-button/96580 "2003-12-11T02:36:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@padawan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/padawan)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-mc-into-a-button/96580/1 "2003-12-11T02:36:20Z")
i am looking to use mc’s for my buttons instead of buttons. what is the as i need to give a mc to geturl ([www.kirupa.com](http://www.kirupa.com)) and a diff one to load another mc
is it…
still learning as…couldn’t of guessed huh.😛
grrr. i am buying a book on as…cause i need it learn it
anyhelp would be great…or if i didn’t leave enough info let me know.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-mc-into-a-button/96580/2 "2003-12-11T23:34:35Z")
Symbol=menu, Layer=, Frame=1: Line 1: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler
forums.onRelease = function(){
this is the error i am getting now
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-mc-into-a-button/96580/3 "2003-12-11T23:41:05Z")
[AS]
onClipEvent(load){
this.onRelease = function(){
getURL(“[www.kirupa.com](http://www.kirupa.com)”, “\_blank”);
}
[/AS]
use this if you are putting the code on the button itself. You can also put the code just on the main timeline but change “this” to “forums”
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-mc-into-a-button/96580/4 "2003-12-11T23:43:19Z")
crap, now i am getting a syntax error
Symbol=menu, Layer=, Frame=1: Line 5: Syntax error.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-mc-into-a-button/96580/5 "2003-12-11T23:48:31Z")
Syntax error usually means spelling mistake. Check everything three times, at least. 😃
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-mc-into-a-button/96580/6 "2003-12-11T23:49:07Z")
🙂 lol, ok i will. thanks