# Determining play head location?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/determining-play-head-location/180500>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 1, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/determining-play-head-location/180500 "2006-03-01T03:02:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![denizengt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@denizengt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/denizengt)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/determining-play-head-location/180500/1 "2006-03-01T03:02:41Z")

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Hi guys

Can anyone tell me if it’s possible to find out where the play head is?

I’m trying to do something like this

```auto
if(_root.movie.currentPlayHeadPosition == 1) doSomething();

```

Its been a long time since I last did any flash, can anyone jog my memory on how to get the current frame?