# Pausing and playing an external swf file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-and-playing-an-external-swf-file/201987>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 26, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-and-playing-an-external-swf-file/201987 "2006-09-26T20:34:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![smallmedia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@smallmedia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/smallmedia)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-and-playing-an-external-swf-file/201987/1 "2006-09-26T20:34:55Z")

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Hello flash helpers!

I have a main movie calling multiple swf movies in a container. I need a way to control them besides the main timeline buttons. I need to pause and then play where left off. Will i need 2 buttons? Will they reside in the external files? and what is the code that i need to make this work?