# onRelease problem \[createmoviclip\]

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onrelease-problem-createmoviclip/153015>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 28, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onrelease-problem-createmoviclip/153015 "2005-06-28T19:06:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Machuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Machuse](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Machuse)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onrelease-problem-createmoviclip/153015/1 "2005-06-28T19:06:05Z")

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I am having a problem assigning an onRelease handler to thumb\_mc which is created using createEmptyMovieClip

```auto

	createEmptyMovieClip("thumb_mc", level+1 );
	myMCL.loadClip("thumb/" + stuff[1] + "a.jpg",thumb_mc);
	_root.thumb_mc.onRollOver = function()
	{
		this._alpha = 50;
	}
	thumb_mc.onRelease = function ()
        {
	myMCL.loadClip("pic/" + stuff[2] + ".jpg",main_mc);
}
		
_root.thumb_mc._x = 650;
thumb_mc._y = 50;

```

the thumb\_mc.\_x command works and the clip shows up on screen, why wont the event handlers work?