# Movie clip function as a button in AS2

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-function-as-a-button-in-as2/289154
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 27, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-function-as-a-button-in-as2/289154 "2009-05-27T00:41:19Z")
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### Author: ![good\_snow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@good\_snow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/good_snow)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-function-as-a-button-in-as2/289154/1 "2009-05-27T00:41:19Z")

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So I want to make some movie clips function as buttons to load some external swfs. I have this action script on the mc’s:

on (release)  
{  
loadMovie(“Chuck.swf”, “motionmc”);  
}

It was working when it was a button, but now nothing happens?