# Two buttons with same instance name do not work

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/two-buttons-with-same-instance-name-do-not-work/330656>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 23, 2013, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/two-buttons-with-same-instance-name-do-not-work/330656 "2013-02-23T07:40:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![enciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e0b2c6/32.png) [@enciel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/enciel)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/two-buttons-with-same-instance-name-do-not-work/330656/1 "2013-02-23T07:40:24Z")

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Hi,

I have two buttons with the same instance name. What I want to happen is that when I click either of these two buttons, the movie clip will play. But what happens now is the movie clip only plays when one button is clicked, the other button doesn’t work.