# Passing movies onRelease
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-movies-onrelease/113328
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [June 16, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-movies-onrelease/113328 "2004-06-16T23:32:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@eze](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eze)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-movies-onrelease/113328/1 "2004-06-16T23:32:27Z")
hey im using the following code for my main four buttons -
```auto
button_array = ["home","plans","terms","contact"];
for (var i in button_array){
this[button_array*].onRelease = function() {
_root.fromName = 0;
content_mc.gotoAndPlay(36);
_root.fromName = button_array*+"_mc";
};
}
```
but every button restarts the home\_mc clip…
i call it like this in the content\_mc clip -
```auto
stop();
attachMovie(_root.fromName, _root.fromName, 1);
```
it also gets removed due to a slide down menu refresh everytime a button is pressed.
SO i have no idea whats going on 😑
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-movies-onrelease/113328/2 "2004-06-16T23:40:09Z")
in content\_mc it stops at 35 and attachs the \_root.fromName movie and then when another button is pushed it starts from frame 36 in content\_mc and removes the \_root.fromName clip.
However \_root.fromName = the new clip i want and not the old one.
So in frame 35 i added -
oldMClip = \_root.fromName;
attachMovie(\_root.fromName, \_root.fromName, 1);
and in frame 36 when it gets restarted -
removeMovieClip(oldMClip);
\*\*i dont get why this doesnt work 😑
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2004, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-movies-onrelease/113328/3 "2004-06-16T23:44:27Z")
Um . . . attachMovie grabs a movie clip out of your library then you give it a new name and a depth. Are you sure you are using it right?
:hr:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-movies-onrelease/113328/4 "2004-06-16T23:50:33Z")
button\_array = [“home”,“plans”,“terms”,“contact”];
for (var i in button\_array){
this[button\_array\*].onRelease = function() {
\_root.fromName = 0;
content\_mc.gotoAndPlay(36);
\*\* \_root.fromName = button\_array\*+"\_mc";\*\*
};
}
well does that pass on a correct name for the movie i want,
i have home\_mc in my libary and just added plans\_mc and when i click the Plans button it still displays the home\_mc clip
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-movies-onrelease/113328/5 "2004-06-16T23:55:24Z")
ah i thanks for ya help its coz my movie wasnt exported for actionscript