# Help with Playing timeline in reverse

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-playing-timeline-in-reverse/330062
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 25, 2012, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-playing-timeline-in-reverse/330062 "2012-11-25T06:09:07Z")
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### Author: ![bradholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@bradholz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bradholz)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2012, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-playing-timeline-in-reverse/330062/1 "2012-11-25T06:09:07Z")

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Hi if this has been posted before sorry for reposting it

having problems trying to play the main timeline in reverse, I have a button on frame 5 and when its pressed want it to end back on frame 1 playing back through the animation in reverse.  
Code is probally way off lol, cheers!

```php

stop();

var targetFrame:int = 5;
var startFrame:int = 1;

actback.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, go_back);
if (currentFrame = targetFrame) 
stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, go_back);

function go_back(evt:Event) :void {
    prevFrame();
    if (currentFrame = startFrame)
    stage.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, go_back);
}

```