# Next frame after stop
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/next-frame-after-stop/59501
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 1, 2004, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/next-frame-after-stop/59501 "2004-08-01T11:43:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@anntaj](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anntaj)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2004, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/next-frame-after-stop/59501/1 "2004-08-01T11:43:03Z")
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:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2004, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/next-frame-after-stop/59501/2 "2004-08-01T12:04:05Z")
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:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2004, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/next-frame-after-stop/59501/3 "2004-08-01T12:48:14Z")
> [@bobdoe](#):
>
> 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();