# Mouse.hide/show in external swf

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-hide-show-in-external-swf/54300>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 13, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-hide-show-in-external-swf/54300 "2004-06-13T06:05:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnnyFlash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@johnnyFlash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnnyFlash)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-hide-show-in-external-swf/54300/1 "2004-06-13T06:05:17Z")

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Ok, Lunatic, i couldn’t stay away from Flash for more than 3 hours lol.

I have weird problemo that involves mouse.hide and show. I have a button with this as on it,

```auto

 on(rollOver) {
 	Mouse.hide();
 }
 on(rollOut) {
 	Mouse.show();
 }
 

```

It works fine when it’s previewd alone. But when i have my main,shell, movie load this movie that contains the button, it doesnt work at all. Am i supposed to use \_parent somewhere? Thanks in advance! 🙂