# How to show waiting in Flash CS3

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 18, 2007, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-show-waiting-in-flash-cs3/229534 "2007-06-18T10:30:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![glidealong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@glidealong](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glidealong)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-show-waiting-in-flash-cs3/229534/1 "2007-06-18T10:30:07Z")

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Hi All,

I have 2 movieclip with thousands of children and to initialize each takes around 1 sec. When I am switching between these 2 movieclips the objects on stage stops responding for this period of time. This gives an impression to the user as if the software is dead.  
How can i show a wait sign(something like an hourglass) for this 1 sec?

I tried using Event.INIT and Event.ADDED\_TO\_STAGE, but I am not getting it the way I mentioned above. Anyone with prior experience out there??

Thanks and Regards,  
Hafiz