My 1am problem!

1

here is the problem:
i have a movieclip
i want it to play 2 seconds after the swf loads
anything i put in onclipevent(load) part executes right away (i am doing x easing)
i tried to do setinterval but that somehow didnt work in the clip code
so I tried to setinterval in the main timeline trying to somehow link the function to the movie clip but that doesnt work either

my question is how do i control a movieclip (not an external swf) from outside itself

here is a simple example of what im trying to do. this code resides in the main timeline


var speed = 10;
var endx = -30; 
titletext._x -= (endx + titletext._x)/speed;

if i put this code in the movieclip script it works fine

Please Help!!

Thanks

2

Probably u can use hitTest method to chech the status of a mc on the stage…
check this

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/hittest.htm

Otherwise use the timeline variable; but i don’t think that is possible in this case 'cause there is not physical timeline for the mc what u already have.