[font=verdana, arial, helvetica][size=2]i have 9 movieclips and are all not visible when the movie loads.
what i want to happen is when i click a button, it will make the movieclips visible one at a time with a half second delay in between…i’ve trie using setInterval and it wont work. i would really be thankful for any help… 
here is the code im using:
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[/color][color=#ff8000]//inside frame1:
[/color][color=#007700]Array.[/color][color=#0000bb]prototype[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]shuffle[/color][color=#007700]=function(){
for([/color][color=#0000bb]i[/color][color=#007700]=[/color][color=#0000bb]0[/color][color=#007700];[/color][color=#0000bb]i[/color][color=#007700]<[/color][color=#0000bb]this[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]length[/color][color=#007700];[/color][color=#0000bb]i[/color][color=#007700]++){
var [/color][color=#0000bb]tmp[/color][color=#007700]=[/color][color=#0000bb]this[/color][color=#007700][[/color][color=#0000bb]i[/color][color=#007700]];
var [/color][color=#0000bb]randomNum[/color][color=#007700]=[/color][color=#0000bb]random[/color][color=#007700]([/color][color=#0000bb]this[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]length[/color][color=#007700]);
[/color][color=#0000bb]this[/color][color=#007700][[/color][color=#0000bb]i[/color][color=#007700]]=[/color][color=#0000bb]this[/color][color=#007700][[/color][color=#0000bb]randomNum[/color][color=#007700]];
[/color][color=#0000bb]this[/color][color=#007700][[/color][color=#0000bb]randomNum[/color][color=#007700]]=[/color][color=#0000bb]tmp[/color][color=#007700];
}
}
[/color][color=#ff8000]//inside button:
[/color][color=#0000bb]on [/color][color=#007700]([/color][color=#0000bb]release[/color][color=#007700]){
[/color][color=#0000bb]arr [/color][color=#007700]= [[/color][color=#0000bb]1[/color][color=#007700], [/color][color=#0000bb]2[/color][color=#007700], [/color][color=#0000bb]3[/color][color=#007700], [/color][color=#0000bb]4[/color][color=#007700], [/color][color=#0000bb]5[/color][color=#007700], [/color][color=#0000bb]6[/color][color=#007700], [/color][color=#0000bb]7[/color][color=#007700], [/color][color=#0000bb]8[/color][color=#007700], [/color][color=#0000bb]9[/color][color=#007700]];
[/color][color=#0000bb]arr[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]shuffle[/color][color=#007700]();
for ([/color][color=#0000bb]x[/color][color=#007700]=[/color][color=#0000bb]0[/color][color=#007700];[/color][color=#0000bb]x[/color][color=#007700]<[/color][color=#0000bb]9[/color][color=#007700];[/color][color=#0000bb]x[/color][color=#007700]++)
{
[/color][color=#0000bb]num1 [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#0000bb]arr[/color][color=#007700][[/color][color=#0000bb]x[/color][color=#007700]];
[/color][color=#0000bb]id [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#0000bb]setInterval[/color][color=#007700]([/color][color=#0000bb]disp7[/color][color=#007700],[/color][color=#0000bb]500[/color][color=#007700],[/color][color=#0000bb]num1[/color][color=#007700]);
}
function [/color][color=#0000bb]disp7[/color][color=#007700]([/color][color=#0000bb]num[/color][color=#007700]:[/color][color=#0000bb]Number[/color][color=#007700]) {
[/color][color=#0000bb]clearInterval[/color][color=#007700]([/color][color=#0000bb]id[/color][color=#007700]);
if ([/color][color=#0000bb]num [/color][color=#007700]== [/color][color=#0000bb]1[/color][color=#007700]) {
[/color][color=#0000bb]face[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]a1[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]_visible [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#0000bb]true[/color][color=#007700];
}
else if ([/color][color=#0000bb]num [/color][color=#007700]== [/color][color=#0000bb]2[/color][color=#007700]) {
[/color][color=#0000bb]face[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]a2[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]_visible [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#0000bb]true[/color][color=#007700];
}
else if ([/color][color=#0000bb]num [/color][color=#007700]== [/color][color=#0000bb]3[/color][color=#007700]) {
[/color][color=#0000bb]face[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]a3[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]_visible [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#0000bb]true[/color][color=#007700];
}
else if ([/color][color=#0000bb]num [/color][color=#007700]== [/color][color=#0000bb]4[/color][color=#007700]) {
[/color][color=#0000bb]face[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]a4[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]_visible [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#0000bb]true[/color][color=#007700];
}
else if ([/color][color=#0000bb]num [/color][color=#007700]== [/color][color=#0000bb]5[/color][color=#007700]) {
[/color][color=#0000bb]face[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]a5[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]_visible [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#0000bb]true[/color][color=#007700];
}
else if ([/color][color=#0000bb]num [/color][color=#007700]== [/color][color=#0000bb]6[/color][color=#007700]) {
[/color][color=#0000bb]face[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]b5[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]_visible [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#0000bb]true[/color][color=#007700];
}
else if ([/color][color=#0000bb]num [/color][color=#007700]== [/color][color=#0000bb]7[/color][color=#007700]) {
[/color][color=#0000bb]face[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]c4[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]_visible [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#0000bb]true[/color][color=#007700];
}
else if ([/color][color=#0000bb]num [/color][color=#007700]== [/color][color=#0000bb]8[/color][color=#007700]) {
[/color][color=#0000bb]face[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]d3[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]_visible [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#0000bb]true[/color][color=#007700];
}
else if ([/color][color=#0000bb]num [/color][color=#007700]== [/color][color=#0000bb]9[/color][color=#007700]) {
[/color][color=#0000bb]face[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]e3[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]_visible [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#0000bb]true[/color][color=#007700];
}
}
}
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