# Help! I need Flash Help!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-i-need-flash-help/297>\
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**Created:** [July 12, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-i-need-flash-help/297 "2002-07-12T16:10:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zanmato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b5a626/32.png) [@Zanmato](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zanmato)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-i-need-flash-help/297/1 "2002-07-12T16:10:24Z")

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Help!

I do not know how to make my movie clip button, so that when users click on it, it proceeds them to the next frame in the main movie. I don’t know how to do this. (Not in the movie clip button.) If anyone can help me, please reply! =)

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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:** [July 12, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-i-need-flash-help/297/2 "2002-07-12T18:54:14Z")

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I think you are making a button that goes to the next frame in the movie correct?

Place a goto action on the button that goes to next frame. That should do it.

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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:** [July 12, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-i-need-flash-help/297/3 "2002-07-12T21:13:04Z")

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JDarrow is correct, and here is a little more detail:

1. If you only want to advance one frame at a time, you will, of course, need a stop() on each frame.
2. The code to add to your button:

on(press) {  
\_root.yourMcInstanceName.nextFrame();  
}

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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:** [July 13, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-i-need-flash-help/297/4 "2002-07-13T01:54:36Z")

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You don’t need a stop on each frame, you can just have it gotandstop.

There is a radio button you press thats either gotoandplay or gotandstop.

Just saying an easier way =)

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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:** [July 13, 2002, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-i-need-flash-help/297/5 "2002-07-13T10:06:07Z")

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I have a problem though. I’ve tried the gotoandplay, but it doesn’t goto the next frame of the main movie it goes to the next frame of the movie button. :-\

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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:** [July 13, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-i-need-flash-help/297/6 "2002-07-13T14:31:19Z")

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The main movie is refered as the \_root., or the \_parent. clip. Simply put

```auto
_root.gotoAndPlay (aFrame) ;
//or
_root.nextFrame () ;

```

pom :asian:

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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:** [July 13, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-i-need-flash-help/297/7 "2002-07-13T15:37:29Z")

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Thanks you’re the best ilyaslamasse!

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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:** [July 13, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-i-need-flash-help/297/8 "2002-07-13T16:10:58Z")

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You can call me Pom… 😛