Play animation in reverse

Hey. Im a total noob at actionscript and flash so please explain to me like I´m a seven year old!
I made a flash banner that includes a videofile and some vector animations. I would like this banner to play from fram 1 to the last fram and then reverse play back to frame 1 ad infinitum (the whole movie should do this that is). I cant just reverse the frames though, because of the videofile (at least I think so?) - so Im guessing I must write some kind of script that tells the movie how to play. Any ideas on how to accomplish this?
Thanks

first frame:
import flash.events.Event;
var boolVal=true;
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,fEnter);
function fEnter(evt:Event)
if(boolVal)
nextFrame();
else
prevFrame();
and to the last frame:
var boolVal=false;

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