# A button that makes a movie play continuiously backwards

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 16, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-button-that-makes-a-movie-play-continuiously-backwards/1940 "2002-04-16T18:48:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-button-that-makes-a-movie-play-continuiously-backwards/1940/1 "2002-04-16T18:48:41Z")

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How do I make a button that will play a movieclip continuiously in reverse? Please help.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-button-that-makes-a-movie-play-continuiously-backwards/1940/2 "2002-04-16T18:55:16Z")

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on(rollover){path.to.targetClip.\_currentfram–} if that works? i seem to recall \_currentframe is read-only?!..

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**Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-button-that-makes-a-movie-play-continuiously-backwards/1940/3 "2002-04-16T19:06:14Z")

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Thanks I’ll try it now

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**Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-button-that-makes-a-movie-play-continuiously-backwards/1940/4 "2002-04-16T19:09:01Z")

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I would like to use the tell target action along it… how would it look?\r\ron(rollover){path.to.targetClip.\_currentfram–} if that works? i seem to recall \_currentframe is read-only?!..

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**Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-button-that-makes-a-movie-play-continuiously-backwards/1940/5 "2002-04-16T19:17:58Z")

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Sorry but this: \ron(rollover){path.to.targetClip.\_currentfram–} \rdidnt work to make the clip move continuously in reverse.

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**Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-button-that-makes-a-movie-play-continuiously-backwards/1940/6 "2002-04-16T21:37:35Z")

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Sorry, but it didnt work\r

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**Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-button-that-makes-a-movie-play-continuiously-backwards/1940/7 "2002-04-17T05:34:21Z")

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select clip on stage, add:\ronClipEvent(enterFrame){\rif(\_currentframe \> 1 and \_root.zClipPlay){\rgotoAndStop(\_currentframe + \_root.nPlayDir);\r}\r}\r\rin it’s first frame:\r\_root.zClipPlay = false;\rstop();\r\rthen, on a button, to make it go in reverse (it will play backwards and stop at frame 1):\ron(release){\r\_root.zClipPlay = true;\r\_root.nPlayDir = -1;\r}

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**Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-button-that-makes-a-movie-play-continuiously-backwards/1940/8 "2002-04-17T06:00:12Z")

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thanx!\rYou da one!

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**Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-button-that-makes-a-movie-play-continuiously-backwards/1940/9 "2002-04-17T06:02:27Z")

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Now all I have to do is get the reverse script to not ignore the specific stop points that I would like to place on the clip so that it only moves in reverse to a specific point.