# Extended Millisecond Timer Question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extended-millisecond-timer-question/33437>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 19, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extended-millisecond-timer-question/33437 "2003-10-19T13:39:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![malkmus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@malkmus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/malkmus)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extended-millisecond-timer-question/33437/1 "2003-10-19T13:39:51Z")

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This is my first post so I’ll start off by saying Hello!

I’ve been browsing these boards for a week or so now and have found it to be a great reference source which has helped me time and again, however now I need someone with logical action script mind to help me out with a problem I cant find the answer to.

I need to make a text field count from 0 to 100 within 1 second and then count back down to zero again in one second and repeat.

I assumed the way to do this was to create a millisecond timer, to make it count up and then go back down. However I have no idea what to script.

I have looked at timer.fla in the FLASHMX\SAMPLES\FLA\ folder, however with my knowledge of actionscript obviously I cannot get my head around how I would go about getting it to do what I need to do.

If someone here could please upload the frame script to do this (or even better a FLA file) it would be most appeciated, I cant do anymore on my project until I work this out. ☹

I’m sorry that my first post here had to be asking for help, but in the end I will show you what I have made (It’s not that bad 🙂 )

Thanks,