# MX // Command for time peroid
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-command-for-time-peroid/25514
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 13, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-command-for-time-peroid/25514 "2003-07-13T20:44:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@yonip](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yonip)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-command-for-time-peroid/25514/1 "2003-07-13T20:44:38Z")
Hi I have a question. Say I want to increase the x postion for a object for 5 seconds, how would I do this? Ive been looking at gettimer / setinterval on the forums but still do not understand. Thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-command-for-time-peroid/25514/2 "2003-07-13T21:08:52Z")
```auto
// define an onEnterFrame handler to move the MovieClip continuosly
clip.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._x++;
};
// delete the onEnterFrame handler after 5 seconds
var deleteOnEnterFrame = setInterval(function () {
delete clip.onEnterFrame;
clearInterval(deleteOnEnterFrame);
}, 5000);
```
does that help? =)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-command-for-time-peroid/25514/3 "2003-07-13T21:12:46Z")
getTimer() is basically the timer, in milliseconds of the duration the movie has been playing. If you call getTimer() 1 second after the movie’s been playing, it will read 1000, after 2 seconds, 2000, etc. This is the function you want to use to move the object for 5 seconds. Stick this code in your object and i’ll explain after:
```auto
onClipEvent (load) {
startTime = getTimer();
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (getTimer() - startTime < 5000) {
_x = _x+5;
}
}
```
This code tells the object to move 5 pixels to the right for 5 seconds. startTime is the variable defined as the time which the object begins calling its code. The “getTimer() - startTime \< 5000” says, for the next 5 seconds, do the following code. getTimer is always increasing in milliseconds, so if you compare it to the start time by taking the difference between the two, you can essentially give it a duration.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-command-for-time-peroid/25514/4 "2003-07-13T21:22:54Z")
without trying to think too much I’d say you could do something like this…
location=this.\_x;
getTimer() = curTime;
while (getTimer()-5000 \< curTime) {
this.\_x = location+i++;
};
Code’s probably not right since I’m not big on actionscripting but that should give you an idea.
oh, and it’s 5000 for 5 seconds b/c I believe getTimer() returns miliseconds.
Hope it helps
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-command-for-time-peroid/25514/5 "2003-07-13T21:24:25Z")
haha, when I started writing that, there were no replys
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-command-for-time-peroid/25514/6 "2003-07-13T21:29:43Z")
shouldn’t that be curTime = getTimer();?
😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-command-for-time-peroid/25514/7 "2003-07-13T21:37:12Z")
> \*Originally posted by awligon \*
> \*\*Code’s probably not right since I’m not big on actionscripting but that should give you an idea.
> \*\*
:hangover:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-command-for-time-peroid/25514/8 "2003-07-13T22:39:53Z")
hey, whatever effort you put is still effort. you helped and that’s all that matters.