# Linking Animation to a button
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-animation-to-a-button/65416
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 26, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-animation-to-a-button/65416 "2004-09-26T04:43:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@slobo747](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/slobo747)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-animation-to-a-button/65416/1 "2004-09-26T04:43:46Z")
How do i link an animation to a button. What i want is: when someone presses this button the animation starts, then at the end to the animation someone presses another button to make the animation go in reverse. Thank you in advance.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-animation-to-a-button/65416/2 "2004-09-26T06:21:05Z")
Select your button and open the actions panel (F9), insert this:[AS]on (release) {
gotoAndPlay(frameNumber);
}[/AS]Now just change “frameNumber” to wherever the animation starts. As far as making it play backwards… I don’t know if that’s possible, or maybe it is? :h:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2004, 7:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-animation-to-a-button/65416/3 "2004-09-26T07:02:18Z")
> [@wizard](#):
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> Select your button and open the actions panel (F9), insert this:[AS]on (release) {
> gotoAndPlay(frameNumber);
> }[/AS]Now just change “frameNumber” to wherever the animation starts. As far as making it play backwards… I don’t know if that’s possible, or maybe it is? :h:
Well what i was thinking is that my movies start with stop action so they are there but just aren’t playing. Is there a command that makes it go. Sorry if i am a little on clear. I try not to have more than one main frame. Thank you for your reply
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-animation-to-a-button/65416/4 "2004-09-26T18:18:34Z")
The gotoAndPlay will make it play regardless of the stop action in that same frame.