# This Should Be Easy

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-should-be-easy/104190
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [March 13, 2004, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-should-be-easy/104190 "2004-03-13T11:01:27Z")
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### Author: ![Mannequin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Mannequin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mannequin)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2004, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-should-be-easy/104190/1 "2004-03-13T11:01:27Z")

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This should be so easy ☹  
What the hell is wrong with me? I’m starting to question my sanity…

Anyway, I’m using loadMovie() and then trying to go to a specific frame within it:

```auto
_root.loadMusic.loadMovie("song.swf");

```

Then there’s a “Play” and “Stop” button. Let’s look at the Stop button. (Assume the above song has fully loaded.) Here’s my actionscript:

```auto
// songClip is a movie clip within song.swf

on(release) {
     _root.loadMusic.songClip.gotoAndStop(_currentFrame);
}

```

When I replace “currentFrame” with a number, say 10, it doesn’t work either. This should be so simple but I just don’t get it.