# Delay action

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delay-action/40853>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 22, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delay-action/40853 "2004-01-22T18:51:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Floppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Floppy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Floppy)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delay-action/40853/1 "2004-01-22T18:51:36Z")

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How can i amek this animation start not when the clip is loaded but something like 40-50 frames later?

onClipEvent (load) {  
easeSpeed = 8;  
target\_x=70;  
}  
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {  
\_x += (target\_x-\_x)/easeSpeed;  
}