# Pause?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause/65858
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 30, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause/65858 "2004-09-30T03:46:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@SlowRoasted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SlowRoasted)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause/65858/1 "2004-09-30T03:46:36Z")
is there a line of code to pause or stop the timeline for an amount of time? :h:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2004, 8:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause/65858/2 "2004-09-30T08:30:51Z")
stop();
…? 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2004, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause/65858/3 "2004-09-30T09:16:59Z")
If you want to stop eg in frame 30 for 3 seconds, put this code in frame 30:
```auto
stop();
delay = setInterval(playTimeline, 3000);
function playTimeline(){
clearInterval(delay);
_root.gotoAndPlay(31);
}
```
??
scotty(-:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause/65858/4 "2004-09-30T15:50:45Z")
sweet thanks scotty;)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause/65858/5 "2004-09-30T16:45:15Z")
you’re welcome=)