Load movieclip

Hey, hopefully someone can help me out. I'm having a problem
getting the load movieclip script to work. Here's my situation, I
have a swf file that I want to load into another swf, I have this
test file that I'm working on, I created the swf that I want to
pull in. no problem. I attach the load movie script to a button I
pull from the UI Components and when I test the movie it works,
plays the swf file just right. I create, say a oval for example,
make that a button and attach the script and test the movie,
nothing! Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I can attach .fla file if
need be. Thanks for any help.
Dt

Hey no problem. Nothing to apologize for and remember, "There
are no stupid questions, just stupid people asking question." :)
(That is totally meant as a joke!) We all have to start someplace.
First, I don't think there is a click event for movieclips.
There is for the UI components, but for movie clips or button
instances you would use Press or Release. I haven't used that kind
of coding since 2001, so I'm not quite familiar with the exact
capitalization. See, this is something that without seeing the code
we would go around for hours on!
But there is a more important issue – IMHO – and
this is you are using the old (From Flash 5 days) style of coding
event handlers. The approach given by _name above is much more
modern, easier to use and maintain, and just plain better. David
Stiller who helps out here a lot has a great entry in his blog
about it. Check this link out:
http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/museum-pieces-on-and-onclipevent

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