# \[F5\]Arg! For Actionscript Guru! Beginner needs help!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-arg-for-actionscript-guru-beginner-needs-help/11954>\
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**Created:** [January 24, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-arg-for-actionscript-guru-beginner-needs-help/11954 "2003-01-24T14:19:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![funkyjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@funkyjones](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/funkyjones)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-arg-for-actionscript-guru-beginner-needs-help/11954/1 "2003-01-24T14:19:00Z")

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I´ve attached sound in to mySound variable.  
How to get how many seconds the sound in mySound  
have played?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-arg-for-actionscript-guru-beginner-needs-help/11954/2 "2003-01-24T15:02:19Z")

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Err… Upgrade to MX? :-\

I know it’s a built-in feature in MX, but I think you’ll have to getTimer() or something like that if you want to do that with Flash 5. Not sure though.