# Creating a back button
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-back-button/19690
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 30, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-back-button/19690 "2003-04-30T16:07:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@procrasturbate](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/procrasturbate)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-back-button/19690/1 "2003-04-30T16:07:58Z")
Hey there.
I can’t seem to be able to figure out or find any sources on how to make a button in flash that simply goes back. I know the javascript command for this is history.back(), but how to implement that in Flash is another matter.
Any ideas?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-back-button/19690/2 "2003-04-30T16:22:20Z")
Hi,
A lot depends on where you want it to go back to, if it is the previous frame the code is
[AS]
on(release){
prevFrame();
//this is stop action
}[/AS]
What is it you are trying to achieve ?
SteveD
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-back-button/19690/3 "2003-04-30T16:50:27Z")
Or if you mean the javascript method…
[AS]on (release){
getURL(“java\*\*script:history.back();”, “\_self”);
}[/AS]
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-back-button/19690/4 "2003-04-30T18:02:26Z")
Thanks a lot! The Javascript version works great!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-back-button/19690/5 "2003-04-30T18:15:05Z")
Cool. Just remember that when calling a javascript function from within Flash with a getURL (sorta like the flash version of A HREF) you must always start it with…
javascript:
🙂