# Quick question about fading text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-about-fading-text/43151>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 19, 2004, 7:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-about-fading-text/43151 "2004-02-19T07:14:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jbradd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jbradd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jbradd)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 7:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-about-fading-text/43151/1 "2004-02-19T07:14:15Z")

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please bear with me on this one, but if i have a word like “casting” and i want to make it fade away in one frame using actionscripting, how do i prevent it from looping when i test it. because if its a movie clip, how do i control it.

thanx for any feedback

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-about-fading-text/43151/2 "2004-02-20T05:26:59Z")

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what? dont understand wat u are triin to do

maybe stop() helps