button actions

[Atealtha]

hey there guys, flash newb here. I'm reading the O'Reilly book on Actionscript and there is some mentioning that instead of using:

on (rollover) {
//some button property code here
}

I should open the button (which I made as an instance from the library) and put in some action code in the "over" state. But flash says that I cant put in any actions in there. Any insights? thanks.

[Ask The Geezer]

Flash is right. You can't add code inside the button symbol and you can not target a frame inside a button. But, in MX, not all buttons are 'Buttons'. Some buttons can be movie clips. In that case you can add code anywhere in it or on it.