# Timer event, simple question

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 16, 2010, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-event-simple-question/311783 "2010-07-16T09:47:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-event-simple-question/311783/1 "2010-07-16T09:47:29Z")

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I have a few movieclip, i want them to show up in succession, some at the same time.

Trying to work out the timer event

```auto
var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(2000); // 1 second
myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, showA);

myTimer.start();

function showA(event:TimerEvent):void {
trace("A");
trace("B");
}

```

how do i print A  
then B after one second, without replicating the code above for each clip.