# \[Help, Urgent\] how to create a mouse over event that call a function after 3 second?

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 5, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-urgent-how-to-create-a-mouse-over-event-that-call-a-function-after-3-second/321947 "2011-05-05T12:46:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![LoveTheresa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/aeb1de/32.png) [@LoveTheresa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LoveTheresa)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-urgent-how-to-create-a-mouse-over-event-that-call-a-function-after-3-second/321947/1 "2011-05-05T12:46:04Z")

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how to create a mouse over event that call a function after 3 second?

I’m trying to create a function where when a mouse go over a sprite, it will count 3 second and call upon another new sprite, when mouse out before 3 second, the new sprite will not be called, how can i do this?