# Knowing when a movieclip is finished

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/knowing-when-a-movieclip-is-finished/250327
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 28, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/knowing-when-a-movieclip-is-finished/250327 "2008-01-28T15:52:22Z")
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### Author: ![Wedge\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f07891/32.png) [@Wedge\_Man](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wedge_Man)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/knowing-when-a-movieclip-is-finished/250327/1 "2008-01-28T15:52:22Z")

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Hey All,

In old AS2 days you could go into a movieclip’s timeline and on the the last frame put something like “stop();” to stop the movieclip.

How can I do something like this is AS3?

I basically want to play a movieclip and when that movieclip is done playing, go and do something else.

Any ideas?

Thanks!