# Waiting before executing a command line

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/waiting-before-executing-a-command-line/27050
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 29, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/waiting-before-executing-a-command-line/27050 "2003-07-29T18:50:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![tranism](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/tranism/32/269_2.png) [@tranism](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tranism)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/waiting-before-executing-a-command-line/27050/1 "2003-07-29T18:50:05Z")

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Anyone know how or have any ideas on how to tell flash to wait for a “x” number of frames or time before it executes the next line in the script?

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/waiting-before-executing-a-command-line/27050/2 "2003-07-29T19:12:54Z")

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getTimer: [http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action\_scripts/actionscript\_dictionary/actionscript\_dictionary376.html](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary376.html)  
setInterval: [http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action\_scripts/actionscript\_dictionary/actionscript\_dictionary646.html](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary646.html)  
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