# Forward and backward buttons on movie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forward-and-backward-buttons-on-movie/102470>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 24, 2004, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forward-and-backward-buttons-on-movie/102470 "2004-02-24T05:34:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![firstborn01](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/firstborn01/32/346_2.png) [@firstborn01](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/firstborn01)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forward-and-backward-buttons-on-movie/102470/1 "2004-02-24T05:34:01Z")

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well what i am trying to do is move between 2 text boxes through a motion tween. but thats not going to work because you can’t tween backwards. so what would be the best thing to do?

this has probably been posted before but i have no idea where it is. i tried the sliding menu tute but that didn’t work. i’d appriciate any help.

dave

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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:** [February 24, 2004, 5:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forward-and-backward-buttons-on-movie/102470/2 "2004-02-24T05:40:29Z")

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You can play a timeline backwards using AS.

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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:** [February 25, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forward-and-backward-buttons-on-movie/102470/3 "2004-02-25T17:57:22Z")

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ok, i can’t get this to work at all. i have the main code in my main timeline. the button codes in the correct buttons and i changed all of the “myMC” or whatever to the name of my movie. nothing works. what am i doing wrong?

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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:** [February 25, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forward-and-backward-buttons-on-movie/102470/4 "2004-02-25T18:29:51Z")

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I can’t tell without seeing the file …