# \[Flash 8\] Need to pause script execution

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**Created:** [October 25, 2009, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-need-to-pause-script-execution/298793 "2009-10-25T11:43:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-need-to-pause-script-execution/298793/1 "2009-10-25T11:43:23Z")

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Searched the forums (and the internet!) but no threads seem to really have a solution for this?

I’m making a ‘powerpoint’ style presentation in Flash, reading the content (slides) from an xml file in a loop -\> filling dynamic text boxes in a single frame movie, but obviously AS is powering through the loop and not stopping for each slide.

I don’t know enough about AS to figure a way to achieve this…

Can anyone help?