# Yet another play and pause problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/yet-another-play-and-pause-problem/151795>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 18, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/yet-another-play-and-pause-problem/151795 "2005-06-18T02:48:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![JoOWiTHaU](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@JoOWiTHaU](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoOWiTHaU)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/yet-another-play-and-pause-problem/151795/1 "2005-06-18T02:48:39Z")

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Hey everyone. I’m having a problem with trying to play and pause my movie, because I know there are several approaches to doing it (and I’ve tried many), but I can’t find one that works. My movie has a few very specific functions and actionscripting that could interfere with the play/pause function, so here it is:

[http://chris.2jdesigns.com/flash/basic.swf](http://chris.2jdesigns.com/flash/basic.swf)

If someone is up to the challenge and could help me out, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to ask.

PS. If you open the library window, there should be both a play and pause button. If it’s possible, I was hoping that when the user presses the pause button, it switches to the play button and vice versa.