# Delayed movie clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-movie-clip/10832>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 8, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-movie-clip/10832 "2003-01-08T02:20:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![slikspic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@slikspic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/slikspic)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-movie-clip/10832/1 "2003-01-08T02:20:34Z")

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here’s another surely simple question to answer.

In my movie I have 2 frames, i don’t want to play frame 2 until the movie clip in frame 1 is complete. what action do i use and do i place this action in the movie clip timeline or the main timeline?

:chinaman:

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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:** [January 8, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-movie-clip/10832/2 "2003-01-08T02:31:02Z")

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```php
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
     if (this._currentframe == this._totalframes) {
          _root.gotoAndPlay(2)
     } else {
          _root.stop()
     }
}

```

place it on the mc actions 😏

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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:** [January 8, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-movie-clip/10832/3 "2003-01-08T02:33:51Z")

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i tried pasting it and got this error:

Clipboard Actions: Line 1: Clip events are permitted only for movie clip instances  
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {

Clipboard Actions: Line 17: Operator ‘–’ must be followed by an operand

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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:** [January 8, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-movie-clip/10832/4 "2003-01-08T02:43:23Z")

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ok … let’s try something different

```php

stop()
mcInstanceName.onEnterFrame = function () {
	if (this._currentframe == this._totalframes) {
		_root.gotoAndStop(2)
	}
}

```

now place those actions in the main timeline  
and don’t forget to replace ‘mcInstanceName’ with the actual name of your movie clip

[size=1]**[EDIT]**  
use \_root.gotoAndPlay(2) or \_root.gotoAndPlay(2) according your needs  
I just realized that I use them both[/size]

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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:** [January 8, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-movie-clip/10832/5 "2003-01-08T02:50:32Z")

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that had no affect

would you like to see my fla?

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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:** [January 8, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-movie-clip/10832/6 "2003-01-08T02:54:25Z")

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yep … post your fla (-:

it would be easier for me

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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:** [January 8, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-movie-clip/10832/7 "2003-01-08T02:57:54Z")

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here’s my fla, i deleted the areas of code we had first used.

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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:** [January 8, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-movie-clip/10832/8 "2003-01-08T03:01:31Z")

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what’s the mc you want it to finish? the brain?

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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:** [January 8, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-movie-clip/10832/9 "2003-01-08T03:10:15Z")

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yea, i want the movie clip in frame 2 to play so that when the clip gets to the part where it says “beginning transport” the brain zoom sequence begins

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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:** [January 8, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-movie-clip/10832/10 "2003-01-08T03:14:23Z")

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this is so weird … I can’t get it to work in your file

look at the attachment :-\

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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:** [January 8, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-movie-clip/10832/11 "2003-01-08T03:22:28Z")

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I’m soo stupid 😛

I had a sintax error :crazy:

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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:** [January 8, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-movie-clip/10832/12 "2003-01-08T03:26:58Z")

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i ended up using this…

removeMovieClip(\_root.nextFrame());

this one actually worked.

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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:** [January 8, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delayed-movie-clip/10832/13 "2003-01-08T03:44:06Z")

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> this one actually worked  
> ehmm … and mine doesn’t? :sleep: