# Enter\_frame & exit\_frame

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enter-frame-exit-frame/298384>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 17, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enter-frame-exit-frame/298384 "2009-10-17T20:40:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Raabi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Raabi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Raabi)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enter-frame-exit-frame/298384/1 "2009-10-17T20:40:37Z")

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Hello everybody!

I frequently see the usage of ENTER\_FRAME and EXIT\_FRAME event types in AS3 code. I can even use the first event type just blindly to get certain things done. But I want to clear my concepts on these very fundamental things. My qeries are as below:[LIST=1]  
[_]When do the above 2 event types take place - I mean what triggers them?  
[_]Does ENTER\_FRAME trigger at the rate of FPS? If a MovieClip spans over 48 frames and the FPS = 24 - does this mean the ENTER\_FRAME will occur 48 times for the full life-span of the MovieClip?  
[\*]Regarding the **EXIT\_FRAME** , _I could not find any example or description yet_.  
[/LIST]I request for the guidance; which can help me understand the points well. Although I don’t feel comfortable asking very basic question to the experts, yet I do not find other means to get such conceptual answers.

Thanks in anticipation.