# Typewriter announcement system

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/typewriter-announcement-system/218553>\
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**Created:** [March 8, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/typewriter-announcement-system/218553 "2007-03-08T19:13:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Martie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Martie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Martie)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/typewriter-announcement-system/218553/1 "2007-03-08T19:13:49Z")

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I am using flash to create an “stand-alone” announcement system on our lobby TV. Each slide has its own colors and announcement, and each slide is a scene in a Flash movie (an executable with no mouse interactivity). I use a substring routine to simulate a typewriter on one part of the message (to make the text somewhat animated). Recently someone commented that it needs to stop animating for a few seconds at the end (for slow readers I guess). So I found a timer routine that worked and applied it to the first slide with great success. When I applied it to the second scene, it went crazy and would not work at all. This is not what I do everyday, and I need help on this project.Thanks, Martie