# Placing a movie into a button **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [May 13, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placing-a-movie-into-a-button/2192 "2002-05-13T17:43:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placing-a-movie-into-a-button/2192/1 "2002-05-13T17:43:38Z")
I would like a button to play a movie on it’s rollover…how’s that made??? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placing-a-movie-into-a-button/2192/2 "2002-05-13T21:22:29Z")
there’s two ways you could go about doing this: one being you can place a movie clip in the OVER state of the button or you can build a clip and have the button control the movie through actionscript. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placing-a-movie-into-a-button/2192/3 "2002-05-13T22:26:00Z")
Personaly, I find the latter to be more useful. There is a tutorial on this effect in the Kirupa main section. [www.kirupa.com/developer/…target.asp](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/telltarget.asp) If it’s a little confusing, check out my 101 tutorials at [www.centerspin.com](http://www.centerspin.com). I detail there the very basics of what movie clips are and how buttons may manipulate them.