# Starting a movie using a button

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/starting-a-movie-using-a-button/4580>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 13, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/starting-a-movie-using-a-button/4580 "2002-08-13T18:19:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jimw00d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jimw00d](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jimw00d)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/starting-a-movie-using-a-button/4580/1 "2002-08-13T18:19:09Z")

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Question of the day:

How to start a movie by clicking on, for example a graphic, or text symbol with the words “start movie,” or “view page.”

Buggered if I know, but I am learning so watch out

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**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:** [August 13, 2002, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/starting-a-movie-using-a-button/4580/2 "2002-08-13T20:24:13Z")

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Do you want to play a movieclip or a external swf? To play a movieclip:

on (release) {

```
_root.movieclip.play();

```

}