# Hold for 5 secs!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065>\
**Category:** classic bestof\
**Created:** [August 30, 2002, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065 "2002-08-30T10:08:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 17\
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**Author:** ![johan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@johan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johan)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065/1 "2002-08-30T10:08:14Z")

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Hi everybody,

ive got a problem with a counter… i like to have it like this… its displays the time for 5 secs (ok, that no problem… here it comes…) theni want it to go to frame 2 and show that frame for 5 secs and back to frame 1 (almost like a loop)

is that possible? thanks in advance!!

Cheers!

/J.

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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:** [August 30, 2002, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065/2 "2002-08-30T10:30:16Z")

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```auto

//frame1
sec = getSeconds();
if (sec == sec + 5) 
{
gotoAndPlay(2)
}

//frame2
sec = getSeconds();
if (sec == sec + 5) 
{
gotoAndPlay(1)
}

```

might have to use an onEnterframe to call that, and getSeconds might not be the exact function, but something like that.

And using the Timer would probably be a better idea come to think of it, but I’m rusty there.

I’m not sure if this will work either, its late.

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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:** [August 30, 2002, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065/3 "2002-08-30T10:58:02Z")

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Hi,

Just put this code in the first frame

Function moveFrames(){  
if(\_currentframe == 1){  
gotoAndStop(2);  
} else {  
gotoAndStop(1);  
}  
}  
setInterval (moveFrames, 5000);

bye

SHO

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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:** [August 30, 2002, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065/4 "2002-08-30T11:05:24Z")

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man… eki… you have some nice code. Where you been hanging out in Moock’s ear??

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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:** [August 30, 2002, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065/5 "2002-08-30T11:23:14Z")

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I’ve working with Flash since version 2.

I’m too bussy to working with Flash to become a ‘Flash Star’.

U can see the latest thing we’ve done in:  
[www.4learning.co.uk/sos](http://www.4learning.co.uk/sos)

And by the way… if u want know a ‘flash star’ visit  
[www.robertpenner.com](http://www.robertpenner.com)

bye and thanks for ur comments…

SHO

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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:** [August 30, 2002, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065/6 "2002-08-30T11:26:03Z")

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Hi again David,

I thought u may be interested in having a look to

[www.multisite.org](http://www.multisite.org)

Where i publish some of my experiments

cya

SHO

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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:** [August 30, 2002, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065/7 "2002-08-30T12:14:35Z")

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hey eki… you’re a star in my book. I judge such things on the nature and quality of scripts, not on any particular eye candy that’s been produced, or interesting web sites developed.

can’t believe we’ve got such an old timer here. Version 2.0… that’s a long time.

Watch eki guys… you’ll learn amazing things from his posts.

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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:** [August 30, 2002, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065/8 "2002-08-30T13:04:34Z")

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Hi,

Thanks to you I’m flettered now with so many good comments about me… ;¬)

bye

SHO

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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:** [September 29, 2002, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065/9 "2002-09-29T11:24:43Z")

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I’m putting this in the Best of Kirupa until someone does a decent tutorial about setInterval.

pom 🙂

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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:** [October 24, 2002, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065/10 "2002-10-24T08:07:40Z")

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Hi, I’ve just been trying to use the code below to pause for five seconds.

Function moveFrames(){  
if(\_currentframe == 1){  
gotoAndStop(2);  
} else {  
gotoAndStop(1);  
}  
}  
setInterval (moveFrames, 500);

but I get the following error message

Symbol=logomc, Layer=Layer 3, Frame=1: Line 1: ‘;’ expected  
Function moveFrames(){

I’ve tried sticking a semi colon in almost everywhere with no luck, any ideas?? thanks

Danny

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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:** [July 22, 2003, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065/11 "2003-07-22T12:48:37Z")

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Function moveFrames(){ \<-- Capital ‘F’, should be lowercase ‘f’.

Regards,  
Viru.

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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:** [July 23, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065/12 "2003-07-23T16:26:17Z")

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AS is not case sensitive 🙂

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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:** [July 23, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065/13 "2003-07-23T16:38:31Z")

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some parts are

if  
function  
onClipEvent  
etc

though any variable you make is not.

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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:** [July 23, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065/14 "2003-07-23T16:48:52Z")

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instanceof too.

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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:** [July 23, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065/15 "2003-07-23T17:08:19Z")

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Almost all the entries in the following table are case-sensitive:

[http://css2.mcad.edu/help/flashmx/flash/html/12\_understanding18.html](http://css2.mcad.edu/help/flashmx/flash/html/12_understanding18.html)

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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:** [July 23, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065/16 "2003-07-23T19:40:49Z")

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function is case senisitive.

Regards,  
V.

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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:** [July 23, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hold-for-5-secs/5065/17 "2003-07-23T22:28:49Z")

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:\*\*POM shoots himself in the head:

:everybody else wonders how he can be such a good AScripter =):