# Toggling a movieclip. (play and stop)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/toggling-a-movieclip-play-and-stop/119916>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 19, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/toggling-a-movieclip-play-and-stop/119916 "2004-08-19T02:47:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@jive](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jive)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/toggling-a-movieclip-play-and-stop/119916/1 "2004-08-19T02:47:24Z")

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Hello again folks,

I did kirupas tutorial on tell targets found here:

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/telltarget.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/telltarget.htm)

I know the code for controlling the clip now is

```auto
 
on (release) {
cheese.gotoAndPlay("start");
}
 

```

What code would I use if I wanted to stop the animation clicking on the same button?

Thanks again for any help you could give.

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**Author:** ![stringy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@stringy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stringy)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/toggling-a-movieclip-play-and-stop/119916/2 "2004-08-19T05:15:24Z")

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> [@jive](#):
>
> Hello again folks,
> 
> I did kirupas tutorial on tell targets found here:
> 
> [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/telltarget.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/telltarget.htm)
> 
> I know the code for controlling the clip now is
> 
> ```auto
>  
> on (release) {
> cheese.gotoAndPlay("start");
> }
>  
> 
> ```
> 
> What code would I use if I wanted to stop the animation clicking on the same button?
> 
> Thanks again for any help you could give.

on (release) {  
playing = !playing;  
if (!playing) {  
cheese.gotoAndPlay(“start”);  
} else {  
cheese.stop();  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![NovemberRain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/73ab20/32.png) [@NovemberRain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NovemberRain)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/toggling-a-movieclip-play-and-stop/119916/3 "2004-08-19T07:50:56Z")

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Check the attachment