Transparent areas of movie clips -- clicking buttons underneath

[larry98765]

Hi All,

I've got a movie clip with masked-out areas. It's placed on top of various buttons.

The idea is, the user rotates the top movie clip to reveal stationary buttons beneath it. Where there's a hole in the top movie clip, i'd like the user to be able to click the button revealed below.

It's looking like that's not possible. The buttons underneath cannot be activated, because the top movie clip is in the way, despite the transparency from the mask.

I'll begin thinking of a Plan B workaround, but first I wanted to ask if there's a way I'm not thinking of to do my Plan A.

Thanks much.

[flash4food]

if possible erase the areas you want to be transparent instead of masking them:q:

[larry98765]

Yup. That did the trick. Thanks!