# Simple Button Dilema but I can't figure it out

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**Created:** [September 17, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-button-dilema-but-i-cant-figure-it-out/162904 "2005-09-17T13:59:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![JenniferSal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@JenniferSal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JenniferSal)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-button-dilema-but-i-cant-figure-it-out/162904/1 "2005-09-17T13:59:21Z")

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Hey! I have a menu, with mcs being used as the navigation. Inside one of the mcs however are actual buttons, that i’d like the visitor to be able to click to go to a different URL. But i can’t get them to work. I know its a target problem, as taking them out of the MC and putting them on the main stage of course they work, but i can’t figure out the correct target to get them to work from inside the mc. I’ve used:  
on (release) {  
this.\_parent.getURL(  
“neck.html”);

}

and of course also tried simply \_root and \_parent in different attempts as well and still the buttons wont work from inside the MC - any one have any ideas what I’m doing wrong? (I tried a search on the forum but didn’t see this one) I’m sure it’s something simple but i guess i’ve been staring at this for too long and don’t see it at the moment. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Jen