# Which frame

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-frame/5802>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 22, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-frame/5802 "2002-09-22T14:36:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![thorseye](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/thorseye/32/66_2.png) [@thorseye](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thorseye)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-frame/5802/1 "2002-09-22T14:36:49Z")

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Which script do I use to detect which frame the movie is at in a MC?

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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:** [September 22, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-frame/5802/2 "2002-09-22T14:42:42Z")

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instanceName.\_currentFrame

it’s a read-only property so you’ll need to use gotoAndPlay(), gotoAndStop(), nextFrame(), etc. to sent the playhead to a particular frame of a particular timeline

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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:** [September 22, 2002, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-frame/5802/3 "2002-09-22T19:30:25Z")

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Thank you =)