Actionscript for pause/time-delay?

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(Flash 5/Flash MX)

How do I delay/pause using actionscript?

I have tried using a for loop for a time delay like this:

for(i=0;i<1000000;i++){
}

BUT IT DOES NOT WORK!

Flash gives an error like: Time-consuming actionscript. Abort running script? OR the loop simply does not produce a noticeable delay.

Could you please show me how I can introduce a time-delay or a pause using actionscript?

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run a search in the forums, javadi82. there a several threads about this. :-\

see this: http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary646.html
and here’s a quick example:

// stop movie
stop();
// play movie after 10 seconds
var myInterval = setInterval(function(){play(),clearInterval(myInterval)}, 10000);

:wink:

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could u give the urls to those posts here?

i have tried typing time-delay and pause in the upper right hand corner but that does not help.

thanks anyway.

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  1. The link in Kaxs thread (disguised as the word “setInteval”, you really need to stop doing that kax, it gets confusing :stuck_out_tongue: ) is pretty much all you need.

  2. Your using the wrong search field. In the upper left corner there is a button that looks like this…

Click on the button (the one in the corner, not the one in my post) to use the forum search feature.

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:stuck_out_tongue:

yeah… i think i should, anyone sees those links. :-\

or maybe something like…
setInterval (the word setInterval is a link!!)
would do… :stuck_out_tongue:

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LOL, I think I am the only one that notices you ever do that :stuck_out_tongue:

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but I see it as setInterval . there is no setInteval there.

right ?

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anyway thanks for showing me the right ‘search’ button.

and to imagine that i visit kirupa.com thrice a day…!

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Originally posted by javadi82
**anyway thanks for showing me the right ‘search’ button.

and to imagine that i visit kirupa.com thrice a day…!**

so you found it out, did you? :slight_smile:

Originally posted by lostinbeta
LOL, I think I am the only one that notices you ever do that :stuck_out_tongue:

that’s because we are smart people… :stuck_out_tongue: :wink:

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*Originally posted by javadi82 *
**but I see it as setInterval . there is no setInteval there.

right ? **

Click on the word “setInterval” in kax’s original post where it says

see this: setInterval
that word is a link to the macromedia actionscript dictionary of what setInterval is and how it works.

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ok… post edited.

now you can clearly see the stupid link. :hair: :stuck_out_tongue:

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lol, now you see why I always post my links like that :stuck_out_tongue:

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yup… if i ever do that again, please edit my post. :wink: