STILL can't get a simple button to work

Question

Okay, I get this error message when I try to publish
settings:
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=button, frame=1:Line 1: Mouse
events are permitted only for button instances
on (release) {
Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1
I thought I HAD created a button instance! I SO do not get
this. I did all the steps any tutorial talks about - and I took
your suggestions about putting in the scripting, i.e.:
on (release) {
getURL("
http://www.mypage.com/?from=tracking","_blank");
This is what I put when I opened up the actions window for
the button on frame 1 of Scene 1. Is this wrong? I'm seriously
about to have a heart attack - I need super explicit instructions
to understand, because if you leave out a step thinking it's so
obvious of course I would do it, that's definitely not the case.
:(

Answer 1

You have to make sure the button is selected so that this AS
code is actually connected to the button. If you want a different
method where the button isn't selected when you put in the AS code
then use this:
buttonInstanceName.onRelease = function() {
getUrl....
That way the code references the button's intance name and
doesn't need to be attached directly to the button, but rather the
frame containing it.
Please note that you can attach code to objects or the frames
containing them. Your code needs to be attached to the button. My
code needs to be attached to the frame. Get the difference?