# Restricting movieclips

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/restricting-movieclips/275131
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 10, 2008, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/restricting-movieclips/275131 "2008-11-10T12:32:56Z")
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### Author: ![pierre\_i](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/848f3c/32.png) [@pierre\_i](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pierre_i)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/restricting-movieclips/275131/1 "2008-11-10T12:32:56Z")

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Hey guys/girls,

I have a question regarding the management of movieclips…

I have done my research and found a tedious way to achieve what i want, but i dont know what i should be searching to find the exact answer im looking for… So hopefully one of you here can help me out…

I have a project where by buttons are pressed and movieclips are played - the thing is if i press one button the first movieclip plays, if i press another button whilst that movieclip plays the second movieclip interfears and both play at once…

Is there a line of code in AS 2 that disables buttons untill the current movieclip is finished playing? Or is there a code that stops current playing movieclips and plays the most recently called on?

I can use the \_visible=false; on release and list all movieclips except the one being called but that seems to me, a dodgy way to do it…

Any help would be greatly appreciated