making flash pause

[mrand01]

I want flash to pause and do nothing for a set amount of time. Is there a "pause" command? I can't find one anywhere.

thx

[webguy]

there are some prototypes that may help

http://proto.layer51.com/d.aspx?f=454

http://proto.layer51.com/d.aspx?f=825

web

[mrand01]

i should've clarified. I don't need to pause everything my movie is doing, I just need it to "wait." Its for video lag, I'm making a video conf. app in flashcom, and my live stream lags about 10 seconds. So I want a button to lag the same amount of time. I don't know much about the Date object, but would it be possible to count seconds with that?

[webguy]

sorry..yes there are a couple ways that you can simulate a pause in execution of code. I think that first prototype does it. Anyway you can use getTimer(); ie:

startTime = getTimer();
this.onEnterFrame = function () {
currentTime = getTimer();
if(currentTime-startTime > 4000) {
// do something cause 4 seconds have passed
}
}

You can also do it using an interval, because an interval will start its count first and then execute at the end of the first count.

function doSomething() {
// this would be the code to execute
clearInterval(doSomethingID);
}

doSomethingID = setInterval(doSomething,4000); // it will execute after 4 seconds, or 4000 milliseconds 

Those are probably the best ways.

However, if you are trying to use this delay to sync something up you might want to look into having the object that is ahead call the function when it is ready, because delays will be probably be different on different machines. So you could use an onLoad event to trigger the function call, so that when the liveStream loads it will call the function.

liveStream.onLoad = doSomething;

web

[Wakebrad]

Here's another solution that works. This delays for 10 seconds

		
var starttime = Math.floor(getTimer()/1000);
var endtime = Math.floor(getTimer()/1000);
while (endtime<starttime+10) {
	endtime = Math.floor(getTimer()/1000);
}

[geffen]

I don't recommend the while loop. This will shut down any flash rendered (be it flash itself or a browser) for the duration of the while loop.

-[g]

[nickym777]

I'm kind of new to Flash, but this worked in AS3 even though the instructions were for AS2 at another forum post....

function wait() {
stop();
var myInterval = setInterval(function () {
play();
clearInterval(myInterval);
}, 4000); //this will "pause" the playhead for four seconds
}

[nickym777]

Sorry... the previous defines what the function is....
Then, on the frame you want to pause, add:

wait();

[jingels]

I think they are trying to tell us but it is unclear to me as I am a newbie!

OK I saw the other post and put the wait in...now it works...thanks nickym777

[raine3d]

Thank you for posting this example. I know this post is a little older but I have came across it and used. I have a question. I used this code for 4 frames by doing
function wait() {
function wait2() {
function wait3() {
function wait4() {

This works but the thing is it gets weird because I also have a next and back button to go to previous/next image. I think this messes with the timing when pressed because my images will no longer be timed the same way. Some will all of a sudden only show for one second though the code tells it 4. Do you have any idea on how to over come this ? I think the timer needs to be reset every time I click the next or back button but how to do this is beyond me
Thanks for your help.