# setTimeout in Flash MX2004?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/settimeout-in-flash-mx2004/278128>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 22, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/settimeout-in-flash-mx2004/278128 "2008-12-22T19:54:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![YoungNastyMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a6a055/32.png) [@YoungNastyMan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/YoungNastyMan)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/settimeout-in-flash-mx2004/278128/1 "2008-12-22T19:54:40Z")

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Hello,  
I’ve been searching this forum for a way to have animations appear at different times from each other. A lot of threads advise to use setTimeout, but I don’t think my version of flash even has this capability. When I type the word ‘setTimeout’ into my actions frame, it doesn’t turn blue like it’s a recognized function in flash (like if I were to type the word ‘function’). Can somebody please explain this for me?