# Having trouble with wait in actionscript

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/having-trouble-with-wait-in-actionscript/287205>\
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**Created:** [April 27, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/having-trouble-with-wait-in-actionscript/287205 "2009-04-27T23:42:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![putch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@putch](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/putch)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/having-trouble-with-wait-in-actionscript/287205/1 "2009-04-27T23:42:47Z")

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Have tried this several ways and cannot get it to work.

I have an MC on the main timeline that I want to stop for five seconds, then tween, then stop again for 5 seconds, then tween again, etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

fla is attached.