Simple button not working! Help

[airblaster]

Alright: I have two layers, on the lower layer I have a simple circle with a heavy stroke. This circle is a movie clip set to flash on and off (first frame is the circle, next two frames are blank- when the clip loops it gives the effect that the circle is flashing on/off).

On the layer above that, I have a button the size of the entire stage- with the circle cut out. I assigned up/over/hit/down keyframes for it, actionscript is:

on (release) {
gotoAndPlay(2);
}

So, essentially, because the button is on the layer above the flashing circle and it encompasses the entire stage- if you click anywhere on the stage it should take you to frame two. The button, however, isn't working. No matter where you click, it just continues to loop the movieclip- but the button is inactive. Why? Within flash, if I "enable simple buttons" and click the button it works as it should. But when the movie is previewed, I simply get the flashing circle, with my mouse flipping back and forth between the finger pointer (which is usually present when over a button) and the regular black arrow.

Any ideas?

[a_modified_dog]

try a different approach -
make a button with stage size shape in HIT frame only
place on stage in layer above circle movieclip
give the button an instance name - btn_invisible
add code to the main timeline -

stop();
btn_invisible.onRelease = function(){
_root.gotoAndStop(2);
}

does this work for you ?

[Tempesta]

how long is your movie?
Are you sure the layer with the invisible btn(the one that takes up the hole stage but the circle) is on every frame of your movie? seems to me like it's only in one frame...

[airblaster]

try a different approach -
make a button with stage size shape in HIT frame only
place on stage in layer above circle movieclip
give the button an instance name - btn_invisible
add code to the main timeline -

stop();
btn_invisible.onRelease = function(){
_root.gotoAndStop(2);
}

does this work for you ?

Yep, that worked thanks.