# n00b question - Simple listener

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/n00b-question-simple-listener/302367>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 28, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/n00b-question-simple-listener/302367 "2009-12-28T22:06:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![radbourn3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/82dd89/32.png) [@radbourn3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/radbourn3)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/n00b-question-simple-listener/302367/1 "2009-12-28T22:06:50Z")

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Hi there  
I’ve got all of my ActionScript 3 in a document class file. I want to stop a child movieclip when the animation has finished.

How do I add a listener for that and trigger some code on the last frame of the child MC?

Thanks