# Does flash know what frame and movie clip it's in at all times?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-flash-know-what-frame-and-movie-clip-its-in-at-all-times/105294>\
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**Created:** [March 24, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-flash-know-what-frame-and-movie-clip-its-in-at-all-times/105294 "2004-03-24T20:27:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![DryCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@DryCow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DryCow)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-flash-know-what-frame-and-movie-clip-its-in-at-all-times/105294/1 "2004-03-24T20:27:53Z")

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My problem is this:

I have a movie with a bunch of pictures going by in time to music.  
I also have the same music synced up to words going by instead of pictures.

I want to have a button that will switch back and forth between pictures and words. To do this I need to know that frame number and movie clip when the button is clicked.

So lets say the movie is on MC: pictures5, frame 6… I want to swtich to text5(6)… but how can I find out what frame and what movie clip the play head is in when the button is clicked?

Thanks.  
🙂