# Why doesnt it work?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-doesnt-it-work/116816
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 21, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-doesnt-it-work/116816 "2004-07-21T17:23:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![color\_loser\_pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@color\_loser\_pup](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/color_loser_pup)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-doesnt-it-work/116816/1 "2004-07-21T17:23:22Z")

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i have a button, “About”. this along with my other buttons are on scene 1. when you click about, its supposed to go to “ABOUT” scene, and play. so i put, this code on the “about” button and it doesnt work.

on (press, release) {  
gotoAndPlay(“about”, 1);  
}

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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: [July 21, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-doesnt-it-work/116816/2 "2004-07-21T18:02:56Z")

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Put this code on the button. no need to put ‘press’.

on (release) {  
gotoAndPlay(“ABOUT”, 1);  
}

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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: [July 21, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-doesnt-it-work/116816/3 "2004-07-21T18:11:38Z")

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thanks, ill try it 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: [July 21, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-doesnt-it-work/116816/4 "2004-07-21T18:12:55Z")

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nope, it doesnt work.

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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: [July 21, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-doesnt-it-work/116816/5 "2004-07-21T18:31:00Z")

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Can you post your .FLA?

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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: [July 21, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-doesnt-it-work/116816/6 "2004-07-21T20:49:39Z")

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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: [July 21, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-doesnt-it-work/116816/7 "2004-07-21T21:17:49Z")

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In the main scene, you have a stop(); on frame 130. There are no actions assigned to the buttons at that frame. Either put the on(release) statements earlier or take the stop() out.