# setInterval problem \[FMX\]

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setinterval-problem-fmx/28844
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 19, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setinterval-problem-fmx/28844 "2003-08-19T07:25:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![blah\_de\_blah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@blah\_de\_blah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blah_de_blah)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setinterval-problem-fmx/28844/1 "2003-08-19T07:25:32Z")

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Ok so i have another problem ☹

This is the code i have:

[AS]  
this.onEnterFrame = function() {  
setInterval(\_root[“box”+i], bouncer(), 1000);  
};  
[/AS]

And i’m trying to target “box”+i to play the function bouncer every second. But instead of just targeting what i want, it targets everything on stage, so everything on stage has the function bouncer called :-\

How should i change it so it only targets what i want? thanks!

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2003, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setinterval-problem-fmx/28844/2 "2003-08-19T09:14:33Z")

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[AS]setInterval(\_root[“box”+i], “bouncer”, 1000);[/AS]

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setinterval-problem-fmx/28844/3 "2003-08-19T13:35:22Z")

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Thanks kax, but now i think i have realized that this shouldn’t be the main problem. I think i’ll be openin a new thread 😛
