# Pausing a movieclip and jumping to a framelabel in the parent swf

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-a-movieclip-and-jumping-to-a-framelabel-in-the-parent-swf/320696>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 30, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-a-movieclip-and-jumping-to-a-framelabel-in-the-parent-swf/320696 "2011-03-30T16:46:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![handemmet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@handemmet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/handemmet)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-a-movieclip-and-jumping-to-a-framelabel-in-the-parent-swf/320696/1 "2011-03-30T16:46:55Z")

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[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Hi[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I need a little help with the code below. This is the predicament I’m in.[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I have 3 files:[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Launch.exe[/FONT][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]video.swf[/FONT][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]pause.swf[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]In the launch.exe, I have a ‘loadmovie’ command which loads the external file ‘video.swf’.[/FONT][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]When the video is loaded, I want the viewer to be able to hit the SPACEBAR at any time which will result in pausing the video (pause.swf appears on screen) and after 3 seconds unloads the video.swf file and jumps to a frame label on the ‘Launch.exe’ timeline.[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]The code below is what I have at the moment but it doesn’t work.[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Anybody have any suggestions?[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]pause\_icon.\_visible = false;[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]var keyListener:Object = new Object();[/FONT][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Key.addListener(keyListener);[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]keyListener.onKeyUp = function(){[/FONT][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri] if(Key.getCode() == 32){ // SPACE key[/FONT][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri] video\_ad.stop(); // substitute your movieclip name[/FONT][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri] pause\_icon.\_visible = true;[/FONT][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri] var sto = setTimeout(moveAlong, 3000);[/FONT][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri] loadMovie(“assets/pause.swf”, 95);[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri] } [/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]function moveAlong(){[/FONT][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri] pause\_icon.\_visible = false;[/FONT][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri] \_root.myExternalSWF.gotoAndStop (“home\_promotions”);[/FONT][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri] unloadMovie(90);[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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