# Timer and mouse event interaction

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-and-mouse-event-interaction/294880>\
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**Created:** [August 21, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-and-mouse-event-interaction/294880 "2009-08-21T11:44:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![asest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce73a5/32.png) [@asest](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/asest)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-and-mouse-event-interaction/294880/1 "2009-08-21T11:44:05Z")

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I would like a ‘MouseOver’ event to trigger a timer…

then once the designated time is up the code will instruct to ‘GotoAndPlay’ the 2nd part of the MC. (so the MC will play from a designated frame - no probs there.)

I know almost nothing about timer events and believe this is probably extremely easy to do; it’s just that I don’t know the code required.

I also know that a simple, but long way round, way of doing it would be to simply add a set of ‘still’ frames amounting to a certain amount of time. I am very curious about using timers though.

Any help will be most appreciated,

thanks

Aaron