Same button on single frame to display/hide movie clip?

Hi, can a button on a single frame be coded to both display a movie clip on its first click and, after a second click, hide the movie clip? Thanks

Yes, assuming you make the movieclip invisible to start with, in the event handler function just use...
mc_name.visible = !mc_name.visible;

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