# Delay help please

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delay-help-please/149251>\
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**Created:** [May 27, 2005, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delay-help-please/149251 "2005-05-27T06:31:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![bluejob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bluejob](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bluejob)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delay-help-please/149251/1 "2005-05-27T06:31:05Z")

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[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… ![](http://flashkit.com/board/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)

here is the code im using:

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```auto
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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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