# Pause button
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-button/11414
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 16, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-button/11414 "2003-01-16T21:09:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-button/11414/1 "2003-01-16T21:09:42Z")
How do I make a button that will pause my movie when pressed and restart from the same location when pressed again?? My AS sux very bad so excuse me if this is a classic bonehead question…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-button/11414/2 "2003-01-16T21:19:26Z")
MC with 2 frames, one with a button that stops the movie, one frame with a button that plays the movie.
On release, the MC goes to frame 2, or 1, depending on where it is.
There is probably an easier way with AS, but this is my solution…
Rev 
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-button/11414/3 "2003-01-16T21:23:04Z")
I think I tried that way and it did not work. What I have is a movie that is like 500 frames. What they wanna be able to do is pause the movie so it could be stopped at 150 or 450 or anywhere. BUt for some reason (actually because I suck at AS) I cant get it to do it. BUt I do thank you for the suggestion.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-button/11414/4 "2003-01-16T21:24:45Z")
what did the solution above do that was wrong?
Maybe we can fix that…
Rev 
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-button/11414/5 "2003-01-16T21:26:32Z")
It stopped the movie but when I pressed play again it started the movie over.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-button/11414/6 "2003-01-16T21:27:54Z")
did you have a \_root.play on that button, or a GOto?
can you u/l a sample .fla?
Rev 
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-button/11414/7 "2003-01-16T21:30:53Z")
HHHMMMMM…neither I think I am misunderstanding your solution… Let me read your post carefully. I cant post 1. it is huge 2. proprietary mumbo jumbo. Maybe I can make a lil sample real quick.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-button/11414/8 "2003-01-16T21:56:55Z")
This my version:
[sample](http://www.aulman.com/sample.fla)
Rev 
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-button/11414/9 "2003-01-16T22:08:12Z")
awwww man rev that works for me. Thanks man… I was not doing it right…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-button/11414/10 "2003-01-16T22:50:26Z")
glad it works…
Hey, My first help in MX code!
WOOOPEEEEEE!
Rev 
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-button/11414/11 "2003-01-16T22:55:44Z")
Hey I have one more question. You know how \_root. will control the main timeline from a embedded movie… How do you go the other way around…control a embedded movie from the main timeline???
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-button/11414/12 "2003-01-16T23:00:39Z")
\_root.yourmc.play
I think…
Rev 
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-button/11414/13 "2003-01-16T23:03:43Z")
clip name or instance name??
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-button/11414/14 "2003-01-16T23:10:48Z")
instance name
Rev 