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Flash Tutorial - Displaying Frame Numbers

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Step Three: ActionScript

1. Right click on frame one and select: Actions
   
   
2. The Actions panel go to the View Options button and select: Expert Mode
   
   
3. Type the following code:
   
   onEnterFrame=function(){
       _root.displayNumber=_root._currentframe;
   }
   
   
4. Test your movie. To do this go to: Control > Test Movie
   
   Your movie should display the current frame number.

Note: If you do not want to display the frame number of the main time line but the frame number of a movie clip, give the movie clip an instance name and change the second line of script to:

_root.displayNumber=_root.myInstanceName._currentframe;

Example: Download the Flash file  Beg 017b

Example of frame number being taken from the Timeline inside a Movie Clip.