# Making a movie clip play backwards

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-movie-clip-play-backwards/28457
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 13, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-movie-clip-play-backwards/28457 "2003-08-13T21:58:53Z")
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### Author: ![gilgamesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@gilgamesh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gilgamesh)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-movie-clip-play-backwards/28457/1 "2003-08-13T21:58:53Z")

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Anyone know how to script this?

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-movie-clip-play-backwards/28457/2 "2003-08-13T22:20:28Z")

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Try

onClipEvent(enterFrame){  
prevFrame();  
}

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-movie-clip-play-backwards/28457/3 "2003-08-13T22:22:12Z")

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Use the MovieClip.prevFrame method within an onEnterFrame handler.

Example:  
[AS]// send playhead to last frame  
myMovieClip.gotoAndStop(myMovieClip.\_totalframes);  
myMovieClip.onEnterFrame = function() {  
// if the current frame is not equal to 1  
if (this.\_currentframe != 1) {  
// go to previous frame  
this.prevFrame();  
} else {  
// delete handler to save resources  
delete this.onEnterFrame;  
}  
};[/AS]  
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