# AS2/Flash 8 help on stopping timer

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**Created:** [January 16, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-flash-8-help-on-stopping-timer/249244 "2008-01-16T21:55:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-flash-8-help-on-stopping-timer/249244/1 "2008-01-16T21:55:38Z")

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I need help stopping a timer. I had help from an advanced AS person, but he is gone on vacation and is unable to help me–and I need this today. I have a variable blnEdit that he told me if it was true I would not increment the timer number. So what would the code be to not increment the timer? I just don’t know what to put where the red [COLOR=red]X[/COLOR] is.

displayTime2 = 30;  
function countDown2() {  
displayTime2–;  
if (displayTime2\<=0) {  
frameNumber = ranMove[random(ranMove.length)];

//and it lists conditions but I need help on this:

if(blnEdit == true) {  
displayTime = [COLOR=red]X[/COLOR] ;  
displayTime2 = [COLOR=red]X[/COLOR];  
trace(“we are in edit mode”);  
}