# onEnterFrame Suggestion

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-suggestion/250992>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 4, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-suggestion/250992 "2008-02-04T13:26:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![melanb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@melanb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/melanb)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-suggestion/250992/1 "2008-02-04T13:26:19Z")

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hi all,  
i’ve just learned the usage of onEnterFrame function and i tried something below. as a summary, i have a movieclip (videoCont) which contains video animations on the timeline. with a button function i want to find the current frame of the videoCont.collTo timeline bu i can’t succeed in… can anyone tell me the right way of this?

thanks so much…

```auto
 
someBtn.[COLOR=#993300]onRelease[/COLOR]=collection[COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR]
 
[COLOR=#993300]function[/COLOR] collection[COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]
    videoCont.[COLOR=#993300]gotoAndStop[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]"coll"[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR]; videoCont.[COLOR=#993300]_alpha[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#000000]100[/COLOR];
    videoCont.[COLOR=#000000]collTo[/COLOR].[COLOR=#993300]play[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=#993300]var[/COLOR] t:Tween = [COLOR=#993300]new[/COLOR] Tween[COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]secCont, [COLOR=#0000ff]"_alpha"[/COLOR], Strong.[COLOR=#000000]easeOut[/COLOR], secCont.[COLOR=#993300]_alpha[/COLOR], [COLOR=#000000]0[/COLOR], [COLOR=#000000]1[/COLOR], [COLOR=#993300]true[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
    t.[COLOR=#000000]onMotionFinished[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#993300]function[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]
        inf.[COLOR=#993300]loadMovie[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]"sections/collection.swf"[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
    [COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR];
 
    [COLOR=#993300]_root[/COLOR].[COLOR=#993300]onEnterFrame[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#993300]function[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=#993300]trace[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]videoCont.[COLOR=#000000]collTo[/COLOR].[COLOR=#993300]_currentframe[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#f000f0]*//this returns undefined...*[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=#f000f0]*//if (this.videoCont._currentframe == this.videoCont._totalframes) {*[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=#993300]if[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]videoCont.[COLOR=#000000]collTo[/COLOR].[COLOR=#993300]_currentframe[/COLOR] == [COLOR=#000000]300[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]
            [COLOR=#993300]delete[/COLOR] [COLOR=#993300]this[/COLOR].[COLOR=#993300]onEnterFrame[/COLOR];
            [COLOR=#993300]var[/COLOR] tweenThing:Tween = [COLOR=#993300]new[/COLOR] Tween[COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]videoCont, [COLOR=#0000ff]"_alpha"[/COLOR], Strong.[COLOR=#000000]easeOut[/COLOR], [COLOR=#000000]100[/COLOR], [COLOR=#000000]0[/COLOR], [COLOR=#000000]3[/COLOR], [COLOR=#993300]true[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
        [COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR];
[COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR]

```