# AS 3 newbie question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-3-newbie-question/315963>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 8, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-3-newbie-question/315963 "2010-11-08T22:26:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![emilian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/57b2e6/32.png) [@emilian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/emilian)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-3-newbie-question/315963/1 "2010-11-08T22:26:22Z")

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Hello,

I am trying to acomplish a very simple task with AS 3 with no results.

I have a simple time line with a stop button. All I want to do is to stop the play head wherever the viewer clicks the button, and then to start again from there when the button is clicked again.

Thanks