# Custom Playhead for Flash Movie (accounting for nested clips)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-playhead-for-flash-movie-accounting-for-nested-clips/206154>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 5, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-playhead-for-flash-movie-accounting-for-nested-clips/206154 "2006-11-05T23:25:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-playhead-for-flash-movie-accounting-for-nested-clips/206154/1 "2006-11-05T23:25:36Z")

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[SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]I’m trying to create a play-head (not a load bar) with Action Script that shows where my movie is at in its timeline… [/FONT]  
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[FONT=Arial]A little something like this…[/FONT]  
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[FONT=Arial]The difficulty is that on my main timeline I have 3 places where the main timeline stops to play a nested movie clip… once the nested clips finish it carries on down the main timeline again.[/FONT]  
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[FONT=Arial]How can I create this play-head so it moves smoothly while still accounting for the nested clips ?… Can’t seem to wrap my head around it![/FONT]  
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[FONT=Arial]Thanks[/FONT]  
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