frame - wait in seconds

Hello,

How can i on the timeline tell flash to stop for a number of seconds on a frame, and then carry on to the other frames after the set number of seconds?

Thanks

Nem.

//EDIT: found a better way!

function paused(sec) {
stop(); // action to pause
var i = sec - 1;
var t = setInterval(function () {
if (i == 0) {
clearInterval(t);
play(); // action to continue
}
i--;
}, 1000);
}

Place this function in the first frame of your movie, & then call the function paused(#) where # is the number of seconds you want the pause to last from within whatever frame you want the pause to occur.

Thanks, could you please also explain the code if you don't mind.

here is also another good solution...

Those are both essentially the same code just written a bit differently.

In a sense what happens is that your telling flash to loop for a set period of time in this case milliseconds. Then the clear interval breaks flash out of the loop.

Here's a more detailed explanation.

http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/intermediate/setInterval/index.shtml

Found here: http://www.dreamincode.net/code/snippet127.htm

Hi New here... hope I can help out every now and then.

Try this to delay a flash animation on a frame in AS3...

Paste the following into your 1st frame in your actions layer:

function playit(e:TimerEvent):void {
play();
}

var Tim:Timer = new Timer(100, 1);
Tim.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, playit);

There after insert the following on any frame where you would like to delay the animation:

stop();
Tim.delay = 1000; //Adjust Accordingly - 1000 Equals 1 Second
Tim.start();