# Need advice: \_visible or on another frame?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-advice--visible-or-on-another-frame/156604>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 26, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-advice--visible-or-on-another-frame/156604 "2005-07-26T22:35:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![OM2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@OM2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/OM2)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-advice--visible-or-on-another-frame/156604/1 "2005-07-26T22:35:12Z")

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I need some coding advice.  
Sometime ago, I discovered \_visible.  
What I can now do is pile everything onthe same frame and change the \_visible of items when I want them to show.

Before, I used to have different items on different frames. And I would move to the frame when I wanted an item to show.

I would like some advice on which is the better method. Method one is a little bit harder, but once you’ve done it a couple of times, it becomes easy. And I find it easier and quciker to develop once mastered.

The second way, well I kind of thought: maybe this is less processor intensive? Movies are only brought onto screen when they need to appear. **Is this true??**

Any advice to the above would be appreciated.

Thanks.

OM