# Movies as buttons

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movies-as-buttons/185462>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 13, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movies-as-buttons/185462 "2006-04-13T14:48:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ice987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/779978/32.png) [@ice987](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ice987)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movies-as-buttons/185462/1 "2006-04-13T14:48:48Z")

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Hello

I’m trying to load a movie into a movie clip which will then act as a button.  
The following code is not working. Any suggestions?

var clipLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();  
var clipLoadHandler:Object = new Object();  
clipLoader.addListener(clipLoadHandler);

var clip=createEmptyMovieClip(“clip1\_mc”,1);  
clipLoader.loadClip(“movie.swf”,clip1\_mc);

clipLoadHandler.onLoadInit=function(\_mc:MovieClip){  
\_mc.onRelease=trace(“release”);  
}

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**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movies-as-buttons/185462/2 "2006-04-13T14:59:37Z")

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Maybe try this:

```auto
var clipLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var clipLoadHandler:Object = new Object();
clipLoader.addListener(clipLoadHandler);

var clip=createEmptyMovieClip("clip1_mc",1);
var the_clip:MovieClip = clipLoader.loadClip("movie.swf",clip1_mc);

clipLoadHandler.onLoadInit=function(_mc:MovieClip) {
   the_clip.onRelease = function(){
      trace("release");
   }
}

```