Animated Buttons: How to Change Clip?

My animated buttons always play the first 15 seconds of the chapter. I usually want to start the clip a few seconds later. How?

Select the chapter marker of the chapter you are working with. Move the CTI to the point you want the button animation to start. Right click, "Set Poster Frame." If there is already a poster frame separate from the chapter marker, you can drag that.
Duration etc is interesting. I think the duration of the menu is what is set for the buttons also. And a loop point will also be applied to the button, it appears from the poster frame.

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am sorry, i couldn't make out what exactly the problem, but as ur subject line says...
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