# Frame delay

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-delay/14261>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 24, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-delay/14261 "2003-02-24T10:48:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Halil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ea924/32.png) [@Halil](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Halil)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-delay/14261/1 "2003-02-24T10:48:33Z")

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Hi there,

I’m stumped on time delay, I need to know how to delay a frame from playing until a certain time has elapsed.

Let’s take that one step further, say I have a bunch of mp3’s in my library and they all have linkage names, aaaand I attach these clips with frame actions every time the relevant graphic appears, (Question) Is it possible, to set the delay for the frame equal to the length of the soundclip with the linkage name.

How?

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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:** [February 24, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-delay/14261/2 "2003-02-24T19:21:34Z")

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Hello,

You can use to function in Actionscript but that is according to what you need.

See:  
- setInterval  
- updateAfterEvent

Hope i helped