I want to pause Actionscript - not the timeline

Hey,

I need to be able to pause actionscript I am calling, instead of pausing the timeline. The reason for this is that my movie is not using the timeline to decide how long to show/hide anything.

For example the first frame has a setInterval on it that delays the next frame for 3 seconds. During this time, I can have many items fade in/change etc by using Actionscript functions.

How can I pause the Actionscript functions themselves, and not just the frame I am on?

I can’t use .stop() as it won’t stop the function current running and I’ve tried all of the other methods.

Any help?