time delay in actionscript

[wasp007]

does anybody know how to create a time delay of around 2 seconds.

I have two functions running one after the other on the main time line. But I want to put a delay at the end of the first function before it calls the 2nd one.

I dont want to put extra frames in the timeline, as I have confined all my movement using actionscript.

many thanks.

[senocular]

setInterval (http://www.umbc.edu/interactive/flash/tutorials/setInterval.php)

[tyard]

function firstFunction() {
trace("first function called at " + getTimer()/1000);
waitInterval = setInterval(secondFunction, 2000);
}

function secondFunction() {
clearInterval(waitInterval);
trace("second function called at " + getTimer()/1000);
}

firstFunction();