# Play certain number of frames

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-certain-number-of-frames/221497
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 4, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-certain-number-of-frames/221497 "2007-04-04T18:57:52Z")
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### Author: ![sean1983uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@sean1983uk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sean1983uk)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-certain-number-of-frames/221497/1 "2007-04-04T18:57:52Z")

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Not sure how to describe this so will do my best.

What i want to be able to do is the following:

the main timeline has 100 frames in it. (bit like preloader i guess)

now depending on a variable which is set in an external text file i want the movie to play to that frame number then stop.

so for instance in the text file if it had 63 then the movie will play from frame 0 until it reaches 63 then stop on that frame and not go any further.

Is this possible?