# Reloading a picture at a set amount of time
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reloading-a-picture-at-a-set-amount-of-time/26170
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**Created:** [July 20, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reloading-a-picture-at-a-set-amount-of-time/26170 "2003-07-20T15:33:58Z")
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### Author:  [@Yeldarb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yeldarb)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reloading-a-picture-at-a-set-amount-of-time/26170/1 "2003-07-20T15:33:58Z")
is there a way to have a picture refresh every 3 seconds?
i’m trying to make a flash page for my desktop background, and i want a webcam on it… i went through their source and found out that it’s actually just a picture that’s resaved and reloaded every 3 seconds, but they did it with java…
thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reloading-a-picture-at-a-set-amount-of-time/26170/2 "2003-07-20T17:31:15Z")
your problem is that flash needs to take the picture from outside the swf file itself
anyway for the timer search the forum for these functions: getTimer or setInterval. another way to do is to place AS code at a certain frame calculated using your fps rate (if it’s 12 frames per second you would set your as on the 12\*3 = 36th frame)
although it will sometime work with bugs if you use it…