# \[Flash8\] Urgent - Returning Current Frame

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-urgent-returning-current-frame/219446>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 16, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-urgent-returning-current-frame/219446 "2007-03-16T15:03:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirbz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@kirbz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirbz)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-urgent-returning-current-frame/219446/1 "2007-03-16T15:03:06Z")

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Hi guys,

I simply want to assign a variable to the current frame of the **main**  **timeline** (not movieclip timeline)

I already know about \_currentframe and it doesn’t help in this case.

Surely it must be easy for flash to tell me what frame it’s on, but I can’t find help on this anywhere.

Many thanks,  
kirbz