Help with flash buttons actionscript 2.0

Help please, I am not sure what I am doing wrong here. Each button has this script
on (release) {
getURL("http://www.mysite.com/index.html");
Once they work I want to import them to dreamweaver.

Do you happen to have any kind of rollover code tied to anything that is containing the buttons? I don't see the sense in having Flash buttons unless you have some form of animation associated with them, possibly triggered by rollover interactions. If so, the rollover may be blocking access to the on(release) interaction.

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hi i wondered if anyone could take a look at this for me
please?
http://beechhouse.yorkwebsites.co.uk
why is it in explorer you have to click the button to
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It's IE-only behaviour as a result of changes Microsoft made
earlier this
year to their browser, regarding how Active Content (Flash,
Quicktime etc)
is handled, after losing a high profile court case.
http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/12/15/internet-explorer-eolas-changes-and-the-flash-plugin/
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http://www.adobe.com/devnet/activecontent/
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> why is it in explorer you have to click the button to
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> click it again to go to the page? and how can i fix this
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Dear Readers
I am puzzled! lol. I was looking at the Radio 1 homepage
today (www.bbc.co.uk/radio1)
Click Here for Link
On the homepage there is a Flash menu with a series of
buttons titled "300 exclusive" and "Groove-y Mix" etc etc.
These buttons finish their loop cycle even though the
mous-out event has occurred.
Does anyone know hoe to make such buttons? If so it would be
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Well...I hope I haven't lost too many people.
Yours Sincerely
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drag it onto your main movie. Select it and add this action:
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on (rollOut) {
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on (release) {
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click on frame 15 and hit F6, click on frame 20 and hit F6, click
on frame 30 and hit F6.
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"up"
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"down" ...
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Need help with Flash CS4 buttons/can't get buttons to control anything

Hello,
I need help with Flash CS4. I am making a banner with an animation (Image change into movie clip "3D Spiral") and added buttons but I cannot get the buttons to control the animation. Please help I am frustrated! If someone could help I would be most appreciated.

Thank you.
Regards,
Michael J. Sheehan allelois
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:48:09 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Need help with Flash CS4 buttons/can't get buttons to control anything
Hi there
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> Can anyone help me with flash buttons? I am trying to
build my first
> website,
> and my five flash buttons (inside a 5 col. table) for
page navigation work
> fine
> in testing all 5 web pages with mozilla firefox, and
they look the same on
> the
> index page when testing with IE-7. However when I begin
navigating to
> other
> pages in IE-7, the flash buttons disappear, and the 5
cols in the table
> where
> each flash button was placed now are not equal sizes
anymore like they are
> on
> the index page. In my files area on the right, I notice
3 out of the five
> buttons I created have about 15 to 20 "generations"
shown there, with
> numbers 1
> through 15 or even more to qualify them tacked on to the
end of the names.
> Where do these come from, and why are 2 out of the five
only have 1
> "generation" each? I never expected this, and I think it
has something to
> do
> with the problem, but maybe not. Please help me if you
can!
>

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>
http://www.faithdesigner.net/www.faithdesigner.net/pricing.html/www.faithdesig
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> r.net
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Hey,
Rookie to Flash and AS3. Just needed some help with my buttons. Im making a flash program about pancakes (random I know). I have a "Mainmenu" scene and then a "Recipe" scene. I have a button on my mainmenu which takes me to the recipe page when I click it, the code behind the button is
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stop();
btn_recipe.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
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stop();
btn_home.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, mouse5DownHandler);
function mouse5DownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
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> Hello,
>
> I need help with a button. I created a button and set it
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