Delay function that doesn't loop

programming flash
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Hey all,

  A couple weeks ago, I was searching for a delay function that I could put on a frame and it would hold at that frame for a given period of time.

I came close to finding it, but what I found used setInterval and I wasn’t able to stop it from looping.

Here is something that I am quickly starting to love, it’s not mine, but I don’t know who’s it is, it was on a piece I was working on at work (although this edition of it is partly mine, as I have adapted it to my specific needs).

hope this helps someone!

first frame



//wait function
    function wait(a) {
        stop();
        startTime = getTimer();
        this.onEnterFrame = function() {
            if (getTimer()-startTime>a) {
                delete this.onEnterFrame;
                play();
            }
        };
    }
    
    
//pause between frames
 var delay = 2000;

then on the frame you want to pause or delay:



wait(delay);