# Current frame

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/current-frame/14872>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 3, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/current-frame/14872 "2003-03-03T21:21:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![fishtank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b3f665/32.png) [@fishtank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fishtank)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/current-frame/14872/1 "2003-03-03T21:21:35Z")

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how do i get the current number or name of the frame which is displayed at the moment?

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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:** [March 3, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/current-frame/14872/2 "2003-03-03T21:24:57Z")

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**\_currentframe** returns the frame number

you can’t get the frame label :-\

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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:** [March 4, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/current-frame/14872/3 "2003-03-04T05:42:29Z")

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Howdy…

See [this](http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16570) for a crappy way of doing it… =)