# Global Stop

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/global-stop/17750>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 8, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/global-stop/17750 "2003-04-08T21:25:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![cicadaCanuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@cicadaCanuk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cicadaCanuk)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/global-stop/17750/1 "2003-04-08T21:25:42Z")

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newbie question:  
We have a flash scene with several movie clips embedded in it. I want to be able to globally control whether the scene plays or not. I named the each instance of the movie clips in the scene and assigned the action 'on keypress “s” - stop. This method only works on one clip and if assigned to the 3 of them the command does not work and everything keeps looping. If I edit the symbol and try and put a stop action there it doesn’t work either.

Anybody have any other ideas? thanks

Mike

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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:** [April 9, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/global-stop/17750/2 "2003-04-09T03:03:24Z")

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I’m not sure about this, and I’m at work where I don’t have flash, but I have a sug. for you to try.  
Try putting this on the timeline or on an empty movieClip:  
[AS]  
on keyPress(“s”){  
\_root.movieclip1.stop();  
\_root.movieclip2.stop();  
\_root.movieclip3.stop();  
}  
[/AS]  
I don’t know if that will work. It’s what I would try.  
Good luck.