# Pausing ActionScript

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-actionscript/205310>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 27, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-actionscript/205310 "2006-10-27T21:03:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![medicineuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@medicineuk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/medicineuk)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-actionscript/205310/1 "2006-10-27T21:03:27Z")

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Hi I’m a newbie to flash. I’m using the below script to zoom in to an object.

```auto
on (release) {
	_root.test:y_target = "500";
	_root.test:x_target = "500";
	_root.test:scale_target = "100";
}

```

I want to but a 1 second pause just before the zoom after the positioning so

```auto
on (release) {
	_root.test:y_target = "500";
	_root.test:x_target = "500";

PAUSE HERE

	_root.test:scale_target = "100";
}

```

could anyone let me know how to do it. I know how to pause the timeline but not sure about pausing a script.