# Timed Movie Clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timed-movie-clip/66059>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 2, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timed-movie-clip/66059 "2004-10-02T01:21:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tajmahal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@tajmahal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tajmahal)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timed-movie-clip/66059/1 "2004-10-02T01:21:56Z")

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Is there any way to have a movie appear on the stage if a button is clicked and then dissapear after a specified time (lets say 5 seconds)?

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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:** [October 2, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timed-movie-clip/66059/2 "2004-10-02T01:33:19Z")

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Yes. I don’t know if this is the best way, but what I’d do is find out your FPS (frames per second) which i think can be seen in the properties panel, then set up like a counter for the movie clip like:

```auto
onClipEvent(enterframe){
counter++;
}

```

Then find out the amount of frames that equal 5 seconds, and say (under the same onClipEvent handler thing):

```auto
onClipEvent(enterframe){
if(counter == your number){
	 removeMovieClip(this);
}
}

```

That should help

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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:** [October 2, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timed-movie-clip/66059/3 "2004-10-02T02:09:27Z")

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Wow Joe, You _are_ the man!

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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:** [October 2, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timed-movie-clip/66059/4 "2004-10-02T14:02:45Z")

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😉