# How to trigger a function when a movie finish playing?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-trigger-a-function-when-a-movie-finish-playing/264751
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 30, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-trigger-a-function-when-a-movie-finish-playing/264751 "2008-06-30T03:54:32Z")
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### Author:  [@alex298](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alex298)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-trigger-a-function-when-a-movie-finish-playing/264751/1 "2008-06-30T03:54:32Z")
Hello,
I have a very simple movie. A ball moves in x-axis and stops in a set location. The codes are:
>
function moveBall(evt:Event):void {
stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER\_FRAME, moveBall);
stage.frameRate = 15;
```
if (ball_mc.x < 500) {
tball_mc.x += 1;
} else {
stage.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveBall);
noticeMe();
}
```
}
moveBall(null);
// trigger noticeMe function when ball\_mc stop?
function noticeMe():void{
trace(“The ball is stop”);
}
// I have more codes
// -------- more codes here ---------
// -------- more codes here ---------
// Don’t know how to trigger movieFinish function when the movie finish playing?
xxxxxxxxxxxx.addEventListener(Event.xxxxxxx\_COMPLETE, movieFinish);
function movieFinish():void{
trace(“The movie is finish!”);
}
I have a question:
1. Sometimes I wish to trigger another function when a movie finish playing. How can I do that?
I searched the Internet. I noticed that the COMPLETE is usually works with Event.SOUND\_COMPLETE, loader…(Event.COMPLETE,loadImage).
Could you please show me some guidelines?
Thanks and best regards
Alex
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### Author:  [@Pier25](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pier25)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-trigger-a-function-when-a-movie-finish-playing/264751/2 "2008-06-30T08:55:09Z")
Hey alex, you code will not work like that…
you need to put the if inside a function called moveBall
stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER\_FRAME, moveBall);
stage.frameRate = 15;
function moveBall(evt:Event):void {
if (ball\_mc.x \< 500) {
tball\_mc.x += 1;
} else {
stage.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER\_FRAME, moveBall);
noticeMe();
}
}
function noticeMe():void{
trace(“The ball is stop”);
}
That should work.
If you want to dosomething when the playhead has reached the last frame you can simply trigger an event or a function by writing some code on that last frame of that movieclip or swf.
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### Author:  [@pensamente](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pensamente)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2008, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-trigger-a-function-when-a-movie-finish-playing/264751/3 "2008-06-30T09:02:10Z")
hi Alex,
your code seams fine regarding what you need, you increment a value to the x position of a movieclip, and then you you reach a certain point it will stop increment and call a function. Really can’t figure out what do you need after all…
by the way I guess you typed something wrong there:
if (ball\_mc.x \< 500) {
tball\_mc.x += 1;
(ball\_mc / tball\_mc)
although you could use tween animations so it would set an event for the animation, this way you could listen to a “complete”, that would go something like this:
[AS]import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.\*;
import fl.transitions.TweenEvent
var myTween:Tween = new Tween(ball\_mc, “x”, None.easeNone, 0, 500, 3, true);
myTween.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION\_FINISH, movieFinish);
function movieFinish (evt:TweenEvent):void
{
trace(evt)
}[/AS]
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### Author:  [@pensamente](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pensamente)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2008, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-trigger-a-function-when-a-movie-finish-playing/264751/4 "2008-06-30T09:11:16Z")
sorry pier, haven’t see you answer. I tested the code and all seamed ok, just changed the name of tball\_mc to ball\_mc. When it ends the animation it calls the function… maybe i’m missing the point here…
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### Author:  [@alex298](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alex298)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-trigger-a-function-when-a-movie-finish-playing/264751/5 "2008-06-30T13:52:01Z")
Hi all,
Thanks for your help.
1. Sorry, I made a typing mistake (tball\_mc should be ball\_mc).
2. Actually my movie has only one frame that use to write all the ActionScript. I am afraid that it cannot trigger an event or a function by writing some code on that last frame.
3. Yes, tween animations with listen to a “complete” should be what I need. Thanks for your code sample.
Thanks and best regards
Alex
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### Author:  [@pensamente](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pensamente)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-trigger-a-function-when-a-movie-finish-playing/264751/6 "2008-06-30T14:03:59Z")
welcome alex.
why don’t you consider using a tween engine? it will spare you some work…
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### Author:  [@alex298](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alex298)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-trigger-a-function-when-a-movie-finish-playing/264751/7 "2008-07-02T14:14:18Z")
Hi pensamente,
>
why don’t you consider using a tween engine? it will spare you some work…
Do you mean TweenLite? I tried before.
Thanks and best regards
Alex