Button with movie clipss

I using actionscript 2.0. My question seem simple. I am
putting movie clips onto the stage that have buttons within them.
However they do not work. I am sure if there is a tell target or
something else that I am not doing right. Should the code be on the
stage or within the movie clip.
Any assistance will be greatly appreciate.
Thanks,
Michael

the code can be on any timeline. you just need to use the
correct path. and you can't apply mouse handlers to the movieclip
and its child button.

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Is it possible to make a button with multiple paths?

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Thank you for the advice, sir Ned Murphy!
Yes, I try to use variables now, but face another problem with it... would you please tell me what's wrong with my script?
Here, in label: "School" I type:
on (release) {
if (point = 0){
gotoAndStop("dialogue1");
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else {
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1-10, then it should not exist on frame 11. This way if you jump to
frame 11 only Mc2 will play, because Mc1 isn't on the timeline
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It may help if you email me the file. My address is on my
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> I am still struggling with the fact, that upon testing,
buttons in movie clips
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relatively sure that you
> can have buttons in Movie Clips. I've also noticed that
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Maby you could disable your button with this little script in
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