Actions not working when bitmaps added to scene

Question

I've been trying to work around this issue for the last few
hours. In my document I have a bitmap background, and a few other
bitmaps I exported from Photoshop. Whenever I try to assign actions
to buttons, it says the selection cannot have actions assigned.
However, when I make a new document, and make a button from native
tools in Flash (text, create rectangle), actions can be assigned.
Has anyone else had this problem, and know how to fix
it?

Answer 1

yep, yep for certain kg, however jagreff, the best place for
you code is on the timeline anyway. Just target the symbol instance
name and add your code there, usually creating a separate 'actions'
layer is preferable to organize your code in one location. things
are a little different from the timeline, for instance to use a
buttons on handler use code like:
my_btn.onPress = function() {
gotoAndStop('_down');
}