# gotoAndPlay + Timer = messed up

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay-timer-messed-up/311875>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 19, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay-timer-messed-up/311875 "2010-07-19T12:04:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![antigirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@antigirl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/antigirl)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay-timer-messed-up/311875/1 "2010-07-19T12:04:03Z")

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I have a timer,  
it flashes on/off some boxes

when you click a box, it goes to frame 2 and plays,  
then the frame head goes back to the start naturally

and the flashing goes crazy  
i try stop the timer upon click etc but nothing works?