# Timecontrol

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timecontrol/125801>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 17, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timecontrol/125801 "2004-10-17T21:42:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alex\_kitov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@Alex\_kitov](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alex_kitov)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timecontrol/125801/1 "2004-10-17T21:42:08Z")

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Hi gyus. I have a surely simple question for most of you out there, hope you’ll help me. I have this while statement that attaches a MC for each and every entry in a string of names. I hope i explain good enough. All i would like to know is - is there a way that you can delay the attaching of the next MC with a certain amount of time so that they don’t appear at the same time but one after another?  
The while statement looks like this:  
var i =-1;  
while (++i \< listNames.length) {  
name = “infoBar” + i;  
//here i would like to make flash wait just a bit and then attach the next MC  
display.attachMovie(“infoBar”, name, i)  
.  
.  
.}