# \[Flash8\] delay function

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-delay-function/209992>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 13, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-delay-function/209992 "2006-12-13T22:31:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-delay-function/209992/1 "2006-12-13T22:31:23Z")

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I have a fairly simple animation done with the tween class, so it’s all in one frame. Some of the animation is repetive, so I have set up functions that have setIntervals, so they repeat every 1000 milliseconds or whatever.

Is there any way to delay a setInterval though? I want to have a certain function repeat every 1000 milliseconds, but not start until 5000 milliseconds into the movie?