How to make movie stop and wait for key/click

[martho]

Hello! How can I make a movie stop an a certain image and only continiue if the user clicks the movie or pushes a key?

[catbert303]

In the frame you want the movie to stop on add a movie clip, on this movie clip attach the actions

onClipEvent(load) {
_parent.stop();
}
onClipEvent(mouseDown) {
_parent.play(); // play if the mouse is clicked
}
onClipEvent(keyDown) {
_parent.play(); // or if a key is pressed
}

[martho]

Hi catbert303,

thanx this works. I got antoher question: I have several places where I need the movie to stop and play again like this. Do I have to write this code for every instance of my invisible movie-clip or is there a better way?

[catbert303]

Once you write the code once, if you copy and paste the movie clips to the other frames you want to pause, the code will stay attached to them. So you only need to type it once