# 20 seconds

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/20-seconds/20799>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 13, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/20-seconds/20799 "2003-05-13T15:38:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![reweb](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/reweb/32/135_2.png) [@reweb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/reweb)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/20-seconds/20799/1 "2003-05-13T15:38:13Z")

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The movie play’s. At a frame, for example frame 45 I wanna make a pause for 20 seconds and then play next frame ( 46 ).  
How can I do this?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/20-seconds/20799/2 "2003-05-13T15:50:05Z")

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I solve the problem. 10x.

In frame 1 I set a variable time. Because I will use this time in many frames.

```php
time = 20000

```

In frame 45

```php

function playNext() {
	clearInterval(hold);
	gotoAndPlay(46);
}
hold = setInterval(playNext, time);
stop();

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/20-seconds/20799/3 "2003-05-13T19:30:06Z")

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woohoo! if this works than you’ve solved a problem i’ve had for ages— thnx !!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/20-seconds/20799/4 "2003-05-14T00:42:15Z")

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There’s also a TechNote at Macromedia that addresses this type of problem for Flash 5.

Might be simpler in MX… no clue, and haven’t tried it.

[http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/f5\_pauser.htm](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/f5_pauser.htm)

–EP

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/20-seconds/20799/5 "2003-05-14T11:56:10Z")

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no problem mlkdesign.  
It works. :))