# Why don't flash recognize button-objects on stage?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-dont-flash-recognize-button-objects-on-stage/301823>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 16, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-dont-flash-recognize-button-objects-on-stage/301823 "2009-12-16T12:04:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marjoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@Marjoth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Marjoth)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-dont-flash-recognize-button-objects-on-stage/301823/1 "2009-12-16T12:04:50Z")

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I’m getting a very frustrating error in my flash project.

I have a button on stage. When I try to trace it, it returns NULL. But when I change the button to a MovieClip in the properties panel, it traces it just fine as a MovieClip object.

I’m loosing my mind here - what am I doing wrong?