freezedtime = the timer

in your frame
global freezedtime

on enterframe or in your repeat
checktime = the timer
if freezedtime - chektime > 5000 then
puppertsound ("Whow i'am late man.aif")
go to ("results")
else
go to the frame
end

do you mean something like this?

fabrice


Carol Mahaffy wrote:

> hey list --
> i am trying to set up a timer so that when i am in a repeat loop there is a
> pause between action. how i was going about this is, in the repeat loop i am
> calling a parent script that is detecting the current time and adding 10.
> then comparing the current time and the current time +10 in another repeat
> loop. I am confusing myself on these timer vs milliseconds stuff and really
> need some advice on how best to approach this. thanks
> carol
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