# Using AS3 to blink movie clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-as3-to-blink-movie-clip/290754>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 19, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-as3-to-blink-movie-clip/290754 "2009-06-19T04:08:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![damonlee3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@damonlee3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/damonlee3)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-as3-to-blink-movie-clip/290754/1 "2009-06-19T04:08:07Z")

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I’m trying to blink a movie clip, say every 25 milliseconds. I also want “titleBlink()” function to start after a set delay and then stop blinking after, say, 2 seconds.

I’ve tried using Tweener as the delay, then wrapping the blink code in AS3’s timer class, but it didn’t work properly.

Here is my “blinking” code:

```auto
var blinkInterval:Number=25;	
setInterval(titleBlink, blinkInterval);

function titleBlink() {
	if (_externalMovie.panel.panelTitleBarMain.panelTitle.visible ==true) {
		_externalMovie.panel.panelTitleBarMain.panelTitle.visible =false;
	}else {
		_externalMovie.panel.panelTitleBarMain.panelTitle.visible =true;
	}
}

titleBlink();

```

Any ideas?

Thank you  
Damon