# Waiting function?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/waiting-function/6336
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [October 4, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/waiting-function/6336 "2002-10-04T15:50:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![reid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/439d5e/32.png) [@reid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/reid)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/waiting-function/6336/1 "2002-10-04T15:50:37Z")

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I want to wait x second in actionscript.  
How do I do that?

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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: [October 4, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/waiting-function/6336/2 "2002-10-04T16:36:38Z")

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It is the third one down…

It is titled "Stop movie for number of seconds "

[http://www.actionscript.org/actionscripts\_library/main/search.cgi?query=getTimer()](http://www.actionscript.org/actionscripts_library/main/search.cgi?query=getTimer%28%29)

I hope it helps, it definitely helped me before:)

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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: [October 4, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/waiting-function/6336/3 "2002-10-04T17:50:06Z")

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Thank you very much. It works!

🙂

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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: [October 4, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/waiting-function/6336/4 "2002-10-04T17:51:00Z")

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Excellent=) I am glad I could help:)