# Movie clips and buttons

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clips-and-buttons/85521
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [April 5, 2005, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clips-and-buttons/85521 "2005-04-05T13:32:48Z")
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### Author: ![superwench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@superwench](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/superwench)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2005, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clips-and-buttons/85521/1 "2005-04-05T13:32:48Z")

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Hi there!

Please someone help me! I have assigned a movie clip to a hit state of a button, but alas, it refuses to work. Can anyone suggest a way of using actionscript to play a short movie clip on release of the mouse?

Thanks so much!