# External SWF player quick question

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-player-quick-question/174550
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 6, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-player-quick-question/174550 "2006-01-06T16:59:24Z")
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### Author: ![chinoborracho](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/chinoborracho/32/1375_2.png) [@chinoborracho](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chinoborracho)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-player-quick-question/174550/1 "2006-01-06T16:59:24Z")

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I have created a media player that plays external swf’s. I am having difficulty in getting the pause play button to work. Here is the code that I have been using.

on (release) {  
\_parent.mycontainer.myclip.\_parent.stop();  
gotoAndPlay(“play”);  
}