# Stopping and starting with a button?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-and-starting-with-a-button/34752
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [November 6, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-and-starting-with-a-button/34752 "2003-11-06T00:47:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@brintonwhite](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/brintonwhite)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-and-starting-with-a-button/34752/1 "2003-11-06T00:47:25Z")
I have a simple tween that runs over 50 frames, there is no stop action so it loops, just what I want.
I have placed an invisible button over the tweened animation, now here’s my question:
Whe i click on the invisible button the animation stops and when I click on it again, it restarts
So that’s it really, can this be done? I know how to stop the animation by putting a stop in the action script, so I am looking for some actionscript that works on an alternative click method if I am making myself clear? Example:
First click stops it, second click starts it, third click stops it fourth click starts it - this goes on forever.
Thank you.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-and-starting-with-a-button/34752/2 "2003-11-06T13:50:50Z")
The easiest way i can think of is:
[AS]
decision = 0
on (release) {
if (decision == 0) {
\_root.stop();
decision = 1
}
if (decision == 1) {
\_root.play();
decision = 0
}
}
[/AS]
very sloppy but it should work (never tested) 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-and-starting-with-a-button/34752/3 "2003-11-06T15:10:34Z")
Thanks for that. I’ll try it.