# clearTimeout Method!
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cleartimeout-method/265618
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 10, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cleartimeout-method/265618 "2008-07-10T19:07:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@creativemindz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/creativemindz)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cleartimeout-method/265618/1 "2008-07-10T19:07:12Z")
Hello guys!,
I’m not sure why its not clearing, I guess its a scopeing issue can you guys please help me. I’m getting frustrated.
thanks
abe
panel\_mc.inv\_btn.onRelease = runScript;
var my\_timedProcess:Number = setTimeout(closePanel, 4500, “Image3”);
function runScript():Void
{
animateDefaultImage();
this.enabled = false;
clearTimeout(my\_timedProcess);
};
function closePanel(imageSelected:String):Void
{
if (imageSelected == String(“Image3”))
{
TweenMax.to(panel\_mc,duration2,{\_y:387.9, ease:Strong.easeInOut, delay:duration});
TweenMax.to(left\_plane\_mc,duration2,{\_alpha:0.0, ease:Strong.easeInOut, delay:2.45});
TweenMax.to(right\_pane\_mc,duration2,{\_alpha:0.0, ease:Strong.easeInOut, delay:2.65});
TweenMax.to(divider\_mc,duration2,{\_alpha:0.0, ease:Strong.easeInOut, delay:2.85});
TweenMax.to(bkg1\_mc,duration2,{\_alpha:0.0, ease:Strong.easeInOut, delay:2.95});
TweenMax.to(landing\_page\_mc,duration2,{\_alpha:100.0, ease:Strong.easeInOut, delay:3.25});
landing\_page\_mc.aprende\_mas\_mc.enabled = true;
}
else
{
TweenMax.to(panel\_mc.header\_txt\_mc,duration2,{\_alpha:100, delay:duration, ease:Strong.easeIn});
TweenMax.to(panel\_mc,duration2,{\_y:340.9, ease:Back.easeInOut, delay:duration, onComplete:activateButton});
}
}
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### Author:  [@sparkdemon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sparkdemon)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cleartimeout-method/265618/2 "2008-07-10T22:34:35Z")
are you sure this will work : setTimeout(closePanel, 4500, “Image3”); ?
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### Author:  [@glosrfc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glosrfc)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cleartimeout-method/265618/3 "2008-07-11T00:16:14Z")
setTimeout(this, “closePanel”, 4500, Image3);
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### Author:  [@sparkdemon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sparkdemon)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cleartimeout-method/265618/4 "2008-07-11T05:44:21Z")
> [@glosrfc;2356567](#):
>
> setTimeout(this, “closePanel”, 4500, Image3);
setTimeout : is this function documented in flash ? because i cant find it… and never used it either ?
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### Author:  [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2008, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cleartimeout-method/265618/5 "2008-07-11T05:47:20Z")
It’s not documented but it’s there.
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### Author:  [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cleartimeout-method/265618/6 "2008-07-11T07:44:32Z")
Also, it’s not as if it is some feature that we weren’t supposed to know about:
> [@Francis Cheng](#):
>
> The setTimeout() and clearTimeout() global functions were inadvertently omitted from the documentation.
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### Author:  [@glosrfc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glosrfc)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2008, 7:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cleartimeout-method/265618/7 "2008-07-11T07:53:27Z")
I like making up my own commands :look: