# Playing Backwards?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-backwards/21489
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 22, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-backwards/21489 "2003-05-22T03:32:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Heero\_Yuy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Heero_Yuy)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-backwards/21489/1 "2003-05-22T03:32:14Z")
Is there something that would enable one to play a movieclip or the main timeline backwards such as frame 10,9,8 other than 1,2,3?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-backwards/21489/2 "2003-05-22T03:52:03Z")
Maybe not best way, but perhaps /a/ way.
So maybe, you click a button that sets “reverseing” = 1;
Then write actions for each frame:
if(reverseing = 1){prevFrame();};
not tested.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-backwards/21489/3 "2003-05-22T04:30:34Z")
It always takes me a while to find this, so I suggest you bookmark it like I have always forgotten to. I will now, though. Hope it works!!
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[http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Interactivity/Useability/Controll-k-gianni-698/index.php](http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Interactivity/Useability/Controll-k-gianni-698/index.php)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-backwards/21489/4 "2003-05-22T05:40:36Z")
OMG, this is perfect! Once again freddy, thanks!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2003, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-backwards/21489/5 "2003-05-22T08:21:14Z")
Boom…:beam:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-backwards/21489/6 "2003-05-22T16:05:19Z")
There was also a thread dedicated to this method a while back.
[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11427](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11427)