# Problem with a counter

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-a-counter/102516>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 24, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-a-counter/102516 "2004-02-24T17:31:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![bigbadmilkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@bigbadmilkman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bigbadmilkman)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-a-counter/102516/1 "2004-02-24T17:31:53Z")

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Hi this is the problem i am having!

I have a movie that loads questions for the user to answer, the frist screen has a start button, when the user hits the start button a movie is loaded at random into content, a timer then starts.

What i want is when the user hits the start button for a counter to keep track of the questions, when the user has answered 11 questions i want the thing to terminate.

What action script could i use to do this. I have a textbox called with a variable name counter on the stage, and the start button has an instance name start\_btn.

Any help would be appreciated!