In the past, whenever I needed buttons within Flash (whether movieclip or actual button instances) I would select the instance (_mc_opt01) on the stage open up the Actions panel and paste in the following code:
on(rollOver){
_root._mc_opt01.gotoAndPlay(“rollover”);
}
on(rollOut){
_root._mc_opt01.gotoAndPlay(“rollout”);
}
on(release){
getURL(“mypage.php”);
}
Being one who likes to modularize, I decided to try and modify my code/approach and make it more portable and easier [...]