# Stop(); and Play();

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-and-play/57655>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 15, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-and-play/57655 "2004-07-15T02:47:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![NeoDreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-and-play/57655/1 "2004-07-15T02:47:12Z")

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From my main movie (named main.swf), I did a LoadMovieNum command to load another SWF (named top.swf) to the third level. While on top.swf, I want to put stop and play buttons to control main.swf. How do I target main.swf from within top.swf?

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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:** [July 15, 2004, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-and-play/57655/2 "2004-07-15T06:03:15Z")

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\_level3.stop();  
\_level3.play();

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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:** [July 15, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-and-play/57655/3 "2004-07-15T07:50:09Z")

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> [@maximum\_flash](#):
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> \_level3.stop();  
> \_level3.play();

Level3 would target top.swf. I don’t need control in top.swf. I want to put code in top.swf to control main.swf.

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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:** [July 16, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-and-play/57655/4 "2004-07-16T06:29:41Z")

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level1?