# Pause and resume **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 20, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-and-resume/186332 "2006-04-20T16:05:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![izzrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bcef8e/32.png) [@izzrael](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/izzrael)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-and-resume/186332/1 "2006-04-20T16:05:23Z")
Hi I was wondering if anyone has any input on my question. I’ve been trying to figure out for a few hours now how to make words or sentences animate in and “pause” for a few seconds (for the user to read) and then continue to play. I know I can tween it, but I wanted to do it via actionscript. I got it to animate in and come out but i couldn’t figure out how to have it hold for a few sec. I will have more than one sentence animate in and out. I’ve attached the .fla to see if anyone can help Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![lunatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lunatic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lunatic)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-and-resume/186332/2 "2006-04-20T16:12:42Z")
no fla? 🙂 you could probably create a pause button that has a stop action on it and a play button that has a play action on it. ---
**Author:** ![izzrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bcef8e/32.png) [@izzrael](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/izzrael)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-and-resume/186332/3 "2006-04-20T16:36:16Z")
sorry, i thought the .fla it was up. Yeah, the thing is that I want it to be continous. Does it make sense:)? ---
**Author:** ![lunatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lunatic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lunatic)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-and-resume/186332/4 "2006-04-20T16:48:48Z")
Well, what you have looks really good! If you want it to pause longer I’d say look into setInterval() - you can set how long it pauses before resuming. :hr: ---
**Author:** ![izzrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bcef8e/32.png) [@izzrael](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/izzrael)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-and-resume/186332/5 "2006-04-20T17:04:29Z")
you know what, i was looking into that, but i didn’t really get it, and i couldn’t find any examples. Do you know of any or where i can see one. thanks ---
**Author:** ![lunatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lunatic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lunatic)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-and-resume/186332/6 "2006-04-20T17:14:03Z")
Well, I’d start with the help that comes with Flash 😛 You can also search the forums here as it gets asked about a lot. Third option is to check out Senocular’s in depth tutorial on the home page: [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/setinterval.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/setinterval.htm) Keep asking if you need help 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![izzrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bcef8e/32.png) [@izzrael](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/izzrael)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-and-resume/186332/7 "2006-04-20T17:24:30Z")
ok, i’ll keep digging. please let me know if you come across anything. thanks mang ---
**Author:** ![izzrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bcef8e/32.png) [@izzrael](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/izzrael)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-and-resume/186332/8 "2006-04-22T05:17:21Z")
I got it to work! Thanks a lot lunatic for those suggestions. It pretty helpful. ---
**Author:** ![lunatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lunatic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lunatic)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-and-resume/186332/9 "2006-04-22T16:00:11Z")
😉