Gif won't stop looping even with actionscript, loop box unchecked, and set to "once" for export

[jeanetted47158357]

Hi. Im in dire need of help. For my animation, I can't, for the life of me, get the animation to stop looping when I export as a gif. Ive tried everything. I put the

"this.stop();" action in a top layer on the last frame. I toggled and unchecked the loop option in the publish settings. In the export settings, I toggled and set the loop setting to "once". It works fine as an OAM file and stops at the last frame.. but doesnt for a gif. PLEASE HELP.

[ankushr40215001 · Accepted solution]

Hi there,

Sorry for the issues you are dealing with looping GIF even after setting it as once.

I suggest you ave a look at this thread also - Flash CC Publish Animated Gif ignores looping sequences?​ which might give you some insights.

Also check for the file names and number of frames you are placing in.

Hope this helps.

Thanks!
Ankush

[Supportworks]

I had the same issue and I finally decided to close out of Animate completely and then restarted the program. That worked for me.

[Nick Gioia]

I am not sure you can even stop a gif? I think that is the purpose of the gif is to continue to loop.

[kglad]

@Nick Gioia 

adobe gives (what appears to be) that option: