# Simple actionscript help

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-actionscript-help/281950
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**Created:** [February 16, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-actionscript-help/281950 "2009-02-16T01:21:57Z")
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### Author: ![thefulton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@thefulton](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thefulton)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-actionscript-help/281950/1 "2009-02-16T01:21:57Z")

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I am trying to have a moving button that upon rollOver plays a movieClip all the way to the end of the movieClip. Everytime i try it, once the mouse is off the button the movieClip stops and returns to the unactivated button. Why?