# Pause keyframe- -help, please

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-keyframe-help-please/49591>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 24, 2004, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-keyframe-help-please/49591 "2004-04-24T05:20:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![valpez1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/958977/32.png) [@valpez1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/valpez1)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-keyframe-help-please/49591/1 "2004-04-24T05:20:34Z")

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Hello Kirupians. This may or may not be an easy question, so please bear with me.  
I need to a keyframe to pause (for say 20 seconds) when the frame is entered (i.e. not a button press, etc). After the 20 seconds is up, i need the timeline to continue playing to the next keyframe.  
I’ve searched and searched for setinterval and the like, but i could not find a clear answer. If you could possibly take 3 minutes out of your time to help me out, i’d love you. 🙂 Take care.

Victor.