# MC control - stopping after playing 4 times

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mc-control-stopping-after-playing-4-times/9372
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [December 10, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mc-control-stopping-after-playing-4-times/9372 "2002-12-10T15:47:35Z")
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### Author: ![ruth007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@ruth007](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ruth007)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mc-control-stopping-after-playing-4-times/9372/1 "2002-12-10T15:47:35Z")

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This seems so easy but …

I need a mc to play about four times and then just stop…

this is what I have but does not work:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {  
cmov\_mc.stop(4);  
}

any suggestions, please!

Thanks! \<:}

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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: [December 10, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mc-control-stopping-after-playing-4-times/9372/2 "2002-12-10T15:59:27Z")

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just answered this same question on another thread

[http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10490](http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10490)