# How to pause actionscript?

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**Created:** [January 23, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-pause-actionscript/249898 "2008-01-23T15:26:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-pause-actionscript/249898/1 "2008-01-23T15:26:18Z")

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In actionscript 2.0, how do I do put a pause in the middle of my actionscript sequence.

For example,

MyWidgetFunction();  
pause(3000); // Want to pause 3 seconds  
AnotherFunction();