# FlashMX- play and stay movie clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flashmx-play-and-stay-movie-clip/20082>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 5, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flashmx-play-and-stay-movie-clip/20082 "2003-05-05T01:03:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mariam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@mariam](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mariam)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flashmx-play-and-stay-movie-clip/20082/1 "2003-05-05T01:03:58Z")

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Ok here’s what i’d like to happen.

animated text to swirl out of mouth of person when you click them. This text/animation then proceeds to fill up the space.what i’ve tried [unsuccessfully] is button method that plays a movie clip animation.

face\_btn.onRelease = function() {  
anima\_mc.play()

that part works fine. the animation swirls out when you click the head, but the movie clip disappears after it plays. how do i get it to play then go settle on the bottom and as the head is clicked repeatedly the text fills the stage.  
does that make sense? am i thinking about this the right way?  
thanks for any assistance.  
apologies for cross posting, i accidentally posted to the flashmX forum i think this actionscript forum is probably more appropriate.  
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flashmx-play-and-stay-movie-clip/20082/2 "2003-05-05T01:05:28Z")

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you don’t have to post in more than one section. Someone will get to your post in a little while. 🙂