# .currentFrame special in some way?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/currentframe-special-in-some-way/303305>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 18, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/currentframe-special-in-some-way/303305 "2010-01-18T15:36:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eppiox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Eppiox](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Eppiox)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/currentframe-special-in-some-way/303305/1 "2010-01-18T15:36:08Z")

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Basically i have a mini map and i want to check what a mini map tile is playing at.  
so i tried to trace it, thinking that the error i get was only because the tile was not yet instantiated i made the following function appear after 1 second to be safe.  
[AS] function startGame(e:Event) {  
trace(getChildByName(“tile1”).currentFrame);  
}[/AS]

Still get the following error.

1119: Access of possibly undefined property currentFrame through a reference with static type flash.display:DisplayObject.

I placed .x (just a test value) instead of .currentFrame and i receive no error.

I guess .currentFrame checks for the MovieClips timeline during compilation?