# Backwords Frames

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/backwords-frames/29926
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 2, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/backwords-frames/29926 "2003-09-02T03:31:06Z")
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### Author: ![Fydus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Fydus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Fydus)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/backwords-frames/29926/1 "2003-09-02T03:31:06Z")

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Is there a way to make frames be read backwords?  
Like if i want an animation to stop, then all of a sudden be played backwords, is there any actionscript that would allow me to do that?  
Or do I have to copy and paste the frames backwords?

Thanks

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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: [September 2, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/backwords-frames/29926/2 "2003-09-02T03:33:37Z")

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on the last frame put  
\_root.backwards = true;  
then on the other frames put  
if(\_root.backwards == true) {  
\_parent.previousFrame();  
}  
then on frame one put  
backwards = false

should work…