# AS for a movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-for-a-movieclip/124173>\
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**Created:** [September 30, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-for-a-movieclip/124173 "2004-09-30T16:19:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![tanel96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@tanel96](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tanel96)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-for-a-movieclip/124173/1 "2004-09-30T16:19:30Z")

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i have a small movie clip, and now i wish to add the following actionscript to the clip:

on(release){  
trace(“fine”);  
}

when i do that the movieclip doesnt show it’s animation anymore, how to bypass this ?

i cannot write the trace command inside the movie clip !