trying to use movie clip as button

Hi I have created a movie clip with a zoom effect, I am trying to make the movie clip act as a button I have tried to use the on release event but its not working I have tried

on (press) {gotoAndPlay (5);

}

on (press) {gotoAndPlay "scene 1" (5);

}



in my movie clip I am using

stop();

this.onEnterFrame = function(){
if(zoom == true){
prevFrame();
}
}

this.onRollOver = function(){
zoom = false;
play();
}

this.onRollOut = function(){
zoom = true;
}

I am sure this is something simple but it has me stumped.

give you movieclip a name
then in the actions panel (on the timeline not the movieclip)
use something like

myButtonMc.onRelease=function(){gotoAndPlay(5);}

is onRelease a movieclip event and not a button event? I'm quite certain you need onMouseDown.

thebutton_mc.onMouseDown = function(){
if(thebutton_mc.hitTest(_xmouse, _ymouse, true)){
trace('cake');
}
}

Your problem is in gotoAndPlay(); action which needs to be this.gotoAndPlay(5);

code:

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mc.onRelease = function() {

	this.gotoAndPlay(5);

};

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arkitx

Attachment 73853

thanks for the replies I have tried some of your suggestions but I cannot get it to work I have attached my fla for you to see maybe you could point out where I am going wrong

I am using CS5.

give this a go...

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