# New to Flash

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-to-flash/200134
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 8, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-to-flash/200134 "2006-09-08T23:13:28Z")
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### Author: ![NVRaiderND](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@NVRaiderND](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NVRaiderND)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-to-flash/200134/1 "2006-09-08T23:13:28Z")

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I am new to Flash and I have run into a problem.  
I have downloaded flash files from Kirupa that create a countdown timer…thanks by the way.  
I have used these files as an example and I have recreated the countdown timer as a learning experience…however, when I execute and debug my code…the call to MovieClip.prototype.evaluateFrameFrom = function(variableClip) is supposed to send me into Counter.onEnterFrame = function()…instead it doesn’t call the function…what I traced it to is in the debug it reads \_level0.instance1, where in your code it reads \_level0.counter…when I change counter.onEnterFrame = function() to instance1.onEnterFrame = function() everything works fine…the question is, how do I get the code counter.onEnterFrame = function() to work. Am I missing a step to define the counter variable and it defaults to instance? Again, I am new to this so if it an obvious problem, I apologize.