# \[MX\] setInterval Bug? **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [June 4, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-setinterval-bug/53520 "2004-06-04T18:15:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![foochuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@foochuck](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/foochuck)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-setinterval-bug/53520/1 "2004-06-04T18:15:04Z")
Hello, I’ve been experiencing a problem using setInterval and I’m wondering if any Flash users out there have expierienced it and/or have come across a fix for this problem. Heres a description of the layout/problem: Flash Movie 1: I have an empty movieclip in this movie that I load Flash Movie 2 into. Flash Movie 2: Gets loaded into Flash Movie 1 into an empty movieclip. This movie contains a setInterval action that repeats indefinitly. I open Flash Movie 1, press the button to load Flash Movie 2, Movie 2 performs as expected. The setInterval loop performs correctly. Next I unload Movie 2 from Movie 1. During the unload I clear the interval thats happening in Movie 2. Now while I’m still in the same session I load Movie 2 back into Movie 1. The setInterval loop seems to be going even faster then before. I unload Movie 2 and repeat - loading it back into Movie 1 and now the setInterval is going even faster. Yet each time the Interval is cleared. Now if I reset my movie by closing and reopening it the setInterval works fine the first time - but throughout the session as the movie containing it is loaded and unloaded the interval keeps going faster and faster each time. Is this a bug in Flash MX? Does anyone know of a cure for this? Thanks :rd: ---
**Author:** ![Rob\_Hed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Rob\_Hed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rob_Hed)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-setinterval-bug/53520/2 "2006-03-29T18:27:50Z")
> [@foochuck](#): > > Alright Senocular, > > Now press Load Movie 3 and this loads movie3.swf in place of movie2. Now load movie2.swf in again. If you go back and forth a couple times (I find if you load movie 3 when the interval is running and then load 2 back in) you’ll start to see that the 4 second gap after when movie 2 hits 99 alpha til its reset starts to get shorter and shorter. It gets cut down to a 2 second gap…like the interval was cut in half. > > Any tips for what I could do to fix this? > > Thanks! I’m having the exact same issue. The interval in the loaded swf gets faster and faster even though I have a clearInterval in the loaded swf . Did you solve this issue? ---
**Author:** ![stringy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@stringy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stringy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-setinterval-bug/53520/3 "2006-03-29T18:55:56Z")
> [@Rob Hed](#): > > I’m having the exact same issue. The interval in the loaded swf gets faster and faster even though I have a clearInterval in the loaded swf . > > Did you solve this issue? clear the interval from the movie you are loading into before you load/reload a movie ```auto btn.onPress = function() { clearInterval(container.intervalName); container.loadMovie("whatever.swf"); }; ``` As a last resort you can just loop through a huge amount of numbers which although not so efficient will work ```auto for (var i = 1; i<1000; i++) { clearInterval(i); } ``` ---
**Author:** ![Rob\_Hed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Rob\_Hed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rob_Hed)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-setinterval-bug/53520/4 "2006-03-29T19:30:08Z")
> [@stringy](#): > > As a last resort you can just loop through a huge amount of numbers which although not so efficient will work > > ```auto > for (var i = 1; i<1000; i++) { > clearInterval(i); > } > > ``` The latter did the trick. I wouldn’t have thought clearing the Interval on the main timeline would have worked. Thanks a ton…you saved me a lot of grief. ---
**Author:** ![gameboys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@gameboys](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gameboys)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-setinterval-bug/53520/5 "2006-03-30T13:35:48Z")
I am struggeling with the same problem, but that last didn’t work for me. you just placed that in the main time line as a framscript? ---
**Author:** ![stringy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@stringy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stringy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-setinterval-bug/53520/6 "2006-03-30T19:03:30Z")
> [@gameboys](#): > > I am struggeling with the same problem, but that last didn’t work for me. you just placed that in the main time line as a framscript? Just stick it in a function and call the function whenever you need.If you have only used a couple of intervals in your external movie would be better to clear each individually.This is only a last resort solution. ---
**Author:** ![grass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@grass](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grass)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-setinterval-bug/53520/7 "2006-04-19T23:06:32Z")
dnx 2 da dude “stringy”!!! didn’t save me a lot of trouble - tried 2 find solution 4 my own but still, ended a really bugging problem… i even tried clearInterval(my\_interval) in a main swf, but didn’t find relevant adding emptyMovieclip name b4 it… in the main swf: clearInterval(empyMovieclip.my\_interval); worked fine. dnx again 🙂 …I actually registered here 2 thank u man 😛 ---
**Author:** ![stringy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@stringy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stringy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-setinterval-bug/53520/8 "2006-04-20T19:33:51Z")
> [@grass](#): > > dnx 2 da dude “stringy”!!! > didn’t save me a lot of trouble - tried 2 find solution 4 my own but still, ended a really bugging problem… > > i even tried clearInterval(my\_interval) in a main swf, but didn’t find relevant adding emptyMovieclip name b4 it… > > in the main swf: > clearInterval(empyMovieclip.my\_interval); > worked fine. > > dnx again 🙂 > > …I actually registered here 2 thank u man 😛 No problem, you may also be interested in this post by MichaelxxOA > **[kirupaForum](https://forum.kirupa.com)** > > Got a web design/development question or just want to hang out with the most awesome people on the planet? Drop on in! works well