I have the code
on(release);
gotoandplay()
}

AS. But when I put it in a movie clip, it only works on the movie clip. How do I make it so when you click the button to start the animation, it wil play frame 2 on the main timeline, not on the timeline in the movie clip/button?

Make it a button, not a movieclip.

Quote from Steiner

on(release){
_root.gotoandplay(2);
};

"**Error** Symbol=Symbol 7, layer=Layer 1, frame=16:Line 3: Statement must appear within on handler
};

Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1"

Quote from Raffi

Make it a button, not a movieclip.

The preloader has like 3 MC's and then the button.

Quote from cronose

"**Error** Symbol=Symbol 7, layer=Layer 1, frame=16:Line 3: Statement must appear within on handler
};

Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1"

Maybe that extra semi-colon at the end has something to do with it.

To make a button go to and play at frame 2:
Make your button make sure its a button symbol and not a movieclip.

add this code to the button;

on(release){
_root.gotoAndPlay(2)
}

Alternatively highlight the button and use the behaviors tab to do the coding for you. [you might have to find the behaviors tab in the window drop down bar.]

Quote from Rather Cheesy

To make a button go to and play at frame 2:
Make your button make sure its a button symbol and not a movieclip.

add this code to the button;

on(release){
_root.gotoAndPlay(2)
}

Alternatively highlight the button and use the behaviors tab to do the coding for you. [you might have to find the behaviors tab in the window drop down bar.]

The code was already given/corrected and he already told us that the button is in the movie clip, not the actual movie clip itself, and also why it's in the movie clip in the first place.

And you can make a movie clip a button, you know.