# Advancing/Backtracking in Flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advancing-backtracking-in-flash/204307>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 18, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advancing-backtracking-in-flash/204307 "2006-10-18T18:12:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonathanOber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@jonathanOber](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jonathanOber)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advancing-backtracking-in-flash/204307/1 "2006-10-18T18:12:32Z")

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Hey all, I know this may sound like a simple fix, but I just can’t seem to get it working. I currently have a photo slide show that has an empty movie clip controlling its advancing/backtracking functions, much like a glorified PowerPoint. Basically I need to have the buttons do the walking/advancing/backtrack through the slide show. As is, the buttons usually advance too much, because the function calls for an isDown call out.

Here is the mc code:  
onClipEvent (mouseUp) {  
\_root.jungle\_movie.nextFrame();  
}  
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {  
if (Key.isDown(Key.SPACE) || Key.isDown(Key.UP) || Key.isDown(Key.ENTER) || Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)) {  
\_root.jungle\_movie.nextFrame();  
}  
}  
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {  
if (Key.isDown(Key.BACKSPACE) || Key.isDown(Key.DOWN) || Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)) {  
\_root.jungle\_movie.prevFrame();  
}  
}

The movie clip is call Jungle\_movie, and pressing right mouse, or SPACE, UP, ENTER and RIGHT advances, where as BACKSPACE, DOWN, LEFT make the slide show go back a frame. Is there a way to do this without the slide show advancing to many frames. Like using an onRelease method of AS?

Thanks for any help,  
Jonathan