# Stop/pause for slideshow

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**Created:** [June 8, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-pause-for-slideshow/289995 "2009-06-08T13:42:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![supagav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@supagav](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/supagav)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-pause-for-slideshow/289995/1 "2009-06-08T13:42:29Z")

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hey all,  
ok so i have a simple setup  
each frame on the main movie pulls in an external jpg. on entering that frame.

this movieclip ( slideshow timer) is associated with a play button.  
frame 1 (slideshow timer)just has a stop.

once the play button is pressed then  
the following code in  
frame 2.(slideshow timer) begins to switch through the frames on the main movie.  
but if i want to stop the slide show it doesn’t seem to do anything.

i suspect that a function cannot be removed but have not found anything to say whether it can or can’t.

[COLOR=Blue]function jumpFast(){  
\_root.nextFrame()  
}  
//Then call this function with the setInterval

setInterval( jumpFast, 7000);

// the playhead will jump to the n frame [/COLOR]

i tried an if …else … scenario but can’t get the code right.

any suggestions???