# Next frame after stop

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/next-frame-after-stop/117957>\
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**Created:** [August 1, 2004, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/next-frame-after-stop/117957 "2004-08-01T11:43:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![anntaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anntaj](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anntaj)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/next-frame-after-stop/117957/1 "2004-08-01T11:43:03Z")

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Hi,

How do you get a flash movie to advance on to the next frame after a stop action has been used as in the ray of light text effect? My movie just stops…

Please help, thanks in advance

Ann

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**Author:** ![bobdoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@bobdoe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bobdoe)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/next-frame-after-stop/117957/2 "2004-08-01T12:04:05Z")

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MovieClip.nextFrame() might be what your looking for. I personally havent looked at the ray of light tutorial so I might be wrong. I have a feeling this could have something to do with a stopped frame with animation done by an onEnterFrame handler.

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**Author:** ![anntaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anntaj](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anntaj)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/next-frame-after-stop/117957/3 "2004-08-01T12:48:14Z")

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> [@bobdoe](#):
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> MovieClip.nextFrame() might be what your looking for. I personally havent looked at the ray of light tutorial so I might be wrong. I have a feeling this could have something to do with a stopped frame with animation done by an onEnterFrame handler.

thank you, I have tried that…  
this is the script, most things I have tried if they do move onto the next frame do not let the ray of light effect work  
Ann

i = “1”;  
alpha = “0.8”;  
maxlight = “15”;  
while (Number(i)\<=Number(maxlight)) {  
duplicateMovieClip (“ray0”, “ray” add i, 800-i);  
setProperty (“/ray” add i, \_xscale, getProperty(“/ray” add (i-1), \_xscale)+i_alpha);  
setProperty (“/ray” add i, \_yscale, getProperty(“/ray” add (i-1), \_yscale)+i_alpha);  
setProperty (“/ray” add i, \_alpha, 10-i\*(0.5/50));  
i = Number(i)+1;  
}  
setProperty (“ray0”, \_visible, “0”);  
stop();