I initially created some buttons as, well, buttons. In order to do some other stuff, I decided to convert them to movieClips. However, even after the conversion (done in the Properties pane) I can't add actions (like the vital "stop()") to the frames of the new MC. Even if I add another layer, and make its frames keyFrames, I can't add actions to 'em. I get the message: "Current selection cannot have actions applied to it".

Flash MX. Grateful for any help.
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Carl Fink
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Did you check that the behaviour is set to "MC" both in the property inspector and in the library?

Sometimes when converting a button to a MC, the object in the library remains being setup as a button though the conversion has been done in the property panel from the stage.

But anyway, actions should be added to a button timeline as well as a mc timeline.

Pascal

Thanks, that was it -- listed as MC in one place and button in the other. I'd call that a bug in Flash MX.
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Carl Fink