# Pausing timeline

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-timeline/308038>\
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**Created:** [April 15, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-timeline/308038 "2010-04-15T19:08:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![dawood77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@dawood77](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dawood77)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-timeline/308038/1 "2010-04-15T19:08:26Z")

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Hey Folks,

in a movie clip I have three stops with frame labels.

I can get it to pause using

var timer:Timer = new Timer(2000, 1);  
timer.addEventListener(  
TimerEvent.TIMER,  
function(evt:TimerEvent):void {  
gotoAndStop(“stop2”);  
}  
);  
timer.start();

How would I then get it to pause at “stop2” for a period of time before moving to “stop3” and then lastly pausing at three and going back to two.

THANKS 🙂