# Kirupa News Ticker - how to pause?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-news-ticker-how-to-pause/212850>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 15, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-news-ticker-how-to-pause/212850 "2007-01-15T01:59:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![bottle19](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d26b3c/32.png) [@bottle19](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bottle19)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-news-ticker-how-to-pause/212850/1 "2007-01-15T01:59:58Z")

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Hello everyone!

I am using this brilliant tutorial:  
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/newsticker.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/newsticker.htm)

Can you please tell me how to stop the Ticker from looping? In other words I’d like to add “pause/play” button.

I’d also like to add previous/next buttons. I used the actions from another tutorial:  
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml\_flash\_photogallery2.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml_flash_photogallery2.htm)  
I tried to use prevImage and nextImage functions but it’s not working properly…

Please help I’m going mad ☹