# Local connection for starting/stopping clips?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/local-connection-for-starting-stopping-clips/311171>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 29, 2010, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/local-connection-for-starting-stopping-clips/311171 "2010-06-29T10:06:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![LapisInfernalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@LapisInfernalis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LapisInfernalis)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/local-connection-for-starting-stopping-clips/311171/1 "2010-06-29T10:06:20Z")

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Hi Kirupa folks,

I just updated to Flash CS3 (yes, it is old, but affordable :D), and I just started to get into AS3 a bit. What I would like to know is, if what I am planning to do is possbile or not.

I have a navigation with a fairly simple roll over effect:

```auto
on (rollOver) {
    _root.nav1.gotoAndPlay(1);
}
on (rollOut) {
    _root.nav1.gotoAndPlay(13);
}

```

This results in a simple fade in and fade out effect sort of thing.

On the climax of this animation (frame 12) I would like to change the timeline of another swf file placed in the same HTML file.

I guess that a local connection will do this for me, but all the examples I have found so far deal with text boxes that send text from one swf to another by hitting a submit button.

But I want that during this navigation animation something like

```auto
_root.gotoAndStop(2);

```

is applied to the second swf, without user interaction.

Is that possible?

Many thanks in advance!

LapisInfernalis