# Mask not working

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-not-working/217760
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [March 1, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-not-working/217760 "2007-03-01T18:29:37Z")
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### Author: ![metatron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@metatron](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/metatron)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-not-working/217760/1 "2007-03-01T18:29:37Z")

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I made a green box with a mask so I can put a semitransparent oval. I made all this a button. It looks ok in work area and with “enable simple buttons” but when I test the movie or export it it doesn’t show the parts that are masked.

I don’t know what to do… grrr…:ogre: