flash actionscript: Hello, I am curious on how to create a button that runs this. What i want to
do, and i'm not sure this is even what i use, but i want to have a clip that
plays and there is a forward button(done) and then a reverse one that plays
that exact item backwards. I don't want to recreate it in the timline then
refrence that location with the button. Any help is appreciated, and if this is
unclear let me know.

the code below the dotted line adds a new method to movieclips (playF() ) that
lets you play any timeline from frame m to n at fps frames per second. to use
on movieclip mc1:

mc1.playF(m,n,fps);

for a simple play back button you can use surveyor's (or rothrock's):

_root.onEnterFrame=function(){
mc1.prevFrame();
if(mc1._currentframe==1){
delete _root.onEnterFrame;
}
}

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MovieClip.prototype.playF = function(m, n, fps) {
function playF2(mc) {
if (mc.m<mc.n) {
mc.nextFrame();
} else {
mc.prevFrame();
}
if (mc._currentframe == mc.n) {
clearInterval(mc.int);
}
updateAfterEvent();
}
this.m = m;
this.n = n;
this.fps = fps;
this.gotoAndStop(this.m);
clearInterval(this.int);
this.int = setInterval(playF2, 1000/this.fps, this);
};