# Frame number variable

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-number-variable/38606>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 26, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-number-variable/38606 "2003-12-26T19:40:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Geoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Geoff](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Geoff)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-number-variable/38606/1 "2003-12-26T19:40:41Z")

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Hello

Is there a system variable that tells me what frame the movie is currently at ?

(I simply want to display the percentage of the movie that has played, in a dynamic text box - maybe there’s a simple way ?)

Thank you

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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:** [December 26, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-number-variable/38606/2 "2003-12-26T19:43:07Z")

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Use the \_currentframe property

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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:** [December 26, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-number-variable/38606/3 "2003-12-26T20:05:35Z")

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Thanks