# Timer

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer/198186>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 23, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer/198186 "2006-08-23T01:00:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer/198186/1 "2006-08-23T01:00:34Z")

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Hi people…I’m fairly new to actionscript. I am working on a flash/xml thing and I want the image to update after 5 seconds, instead of after the user clicking ‘next’

What syntax should I use to get this to work??

function() {  
nextImage();  
};