# Simple question - have clip play on load

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-question-have-clip-play-on-load/152144
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**Created:** [June 21, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-question-have-clip-play-on-load/152144 "2005-06-21T17:46:54Z")
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### Author: ![darkhorse581](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@darkhorse581](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/darkhorse581)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-question-have-clip-play-on-load/152144/1 "2005-06-21T17:46:54Z")

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ok, this is probably stupidly simple but here goes:

-after my preloader runs, it stops at frame 3, which has a row of buttons on the left that trigger animations on the right. what i want to happen is have one of the animations automatically run (as a default) the first time the movie loads without any buttons being pressed.

how would i call this actionscript, and when/where would i call it?