# Pausing an animation

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-an-animation/122668>\
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**Created:** [September 15, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-an-animation/122668 "2004-09-15T19:27:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![emolen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/94ad74/32.png) [@emolen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/emolen)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-an-animation/122668/1 "2004-09-15T19:27:20Z")

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I have tried to figure out how to get an animation to pause at a desired frame after a click rather than just stopping it at that exact frame or putting a stop action at the desired frame. My goal is to have a movie sequence play continuesly and when a user so desires he/she can click and stop the movie, but rather than stop it while it is in transition at that exact frame, the movie should continue to a point where it is logical for the movie to stop.(example: the movie is at frame 2 when the user clicks, but instead of stopping at frame 2 it continues to frame 10, and then stops) Then on another click the movie will continue through it’s sequence as it was before. I would like to use a MC, onClipEvent to handle the script in Flash MX. If anyone has any ideas please let me know what they are.  
Thanks, and Cheers  
erok