# Delay before looping back?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delay-before-looping-back/140800>\
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**Created:** [March 14, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delay-before-looping-back/140800 "2005-03-14T15:59:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Geoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Geoff](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Geoff)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delay-before-looping-back/140800/1 "2005-03-14T15:59:53Z")

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How do you write actionscript code for a delay before the main movie loops back ?

At the moment, if I want a 10 second delay I add 120 frames (assuming 12 FPS)

Is there a better way please. Thanks

G