# So the stop script doesn't even seem to work

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-the-stop-script-doesnt-even-seem-to-work/239902>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 27, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-the-stop-script-doesnt-even-seem-to-work/239902 "2007-09-27T01:29:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![mojojojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mojojojo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mojojojo)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-the-stop-script-doesnt-even-seem-to-work/239902/1 "2007-09-27T01:29:03Z")

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I have not used flash in quite some time, so I am rusty, but I can’t seem to get the time line to stop, play a MC and come back to continue along the main line.

This is on the main time line, on the first frame:  
stop();  
scratch\_mc.play();

On the last frame of the MC is:  
stop();  
\_root.play(2);

On export, I get an error message saying that the root command is wrong.

I test it out never-the-less and the following happens.

The MC shows it’s first frame, but immediately the MC stops and the main time line continues. I double checked, and the AS is on a new/the last keyframe of the MC.

Thanks.