# Pausing
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing/61399
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 18, 2004, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing/61399 "2004-08-18T07:30:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Vargus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Vargus)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing/61399/1 "2004-08-18T07:30:44Z")
sorry if this a noob question but i’m just starting with action script in flash…
can someone tell me how to pause the movie at the end i.e. make it not loop anymore?
and im using MX 2004 actionscript…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing/61399/2 "2004-08-18T07:49:17Z")
> [@Vargus](#):
>
> sorry if this a noob question but i’m just starting with action script in flash…
> can someone tell me how to pause the movie at the end i.e. make it not loop anymore?
>
> and im using MX 2004 actionscript…
just make a keyframe on the last frame and add
```auto
stop();
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing/61399/3 "2004-08-18T08:01:52Z")
> [@Skribble](#):
>
> just make a keyframe on the last frame and add
>
> ```auto
>
> stop();
>
> ```
lol i just figured that out now i have a button and it is hooked up to the on (press) play thingy but it doesn’t do anything and i want it to go back to the very beginning and play again… how do i do that?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing/61399/4 "2004-08-18T08:21:10Z")
> [@Vargus](#):
>
> lol i just figured that out now i have a button and it is hooked up to the on (press) play thingy but it doesn’t do anything and i want it to go back to the very beginning and play again… how do i do that?
on(release){
gotoAndPlay(1);
}
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing/61399/5 "2004-08-18T18:50:45Z")
thanks