# Pause clip problem!
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-clip-problem/11795
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [January 22, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-clip-problem/11795 "2003-01-22T12:46:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Harvey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Harvey)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-clip-problem/11795/1 "2003-01-22T12:46:46Z")
Hi there
have a movie with empty clip that I use to attach movie clips to (7 clips in all) when each one is finished playing it loads up the next and unloads itself.
Problem = creating a pause button to pause current clip
Q: how do I script the button to find which clip is playing, target it and pause it?
Any help much appreciated
:q:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2003, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-clip-problem/11795/2 "2003-01-24T10:08:05Z")
sorted!
every mc place \_root.current = this;
then target button with \_root.current.stop();
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2003, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-clip-problem/11795/3 "2003-01-24T11:19:11Z")
let´s say that you´re loading them on level 1:
\_level1.stop();
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-clip-problem/11795/4 "2003-01-24T16:17:06Z")
Yeh! good one…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-clip-problem/11795/5 "2003-01-24T16:38:10Z")
:q: