User Guide

delay() 285
The only mouse and keyboard activity possible during this time is stopping the movie by pressing
Control+Alt+period (Windows) or Command+period (Macintosh). Because it increases the time
of individual frames,
delay() is useful for controlling the playback rate of a sequence of frames.
The
delay() method can be applied only when the playhead is moving. However, when delay()
is in effect, handlers still run; only the playhead halts, not script execution. Place scripts that use
delay() in either an enterFrame or exitFrame handler.
To mimic the behavior of a halt in a handler when the playhead is not moving, use the
milliseconds property of the System object and wait for the specified amount of time to pass
before exiting the frame.
Parameters
intTicks
Required. An integer that specifies the number of ticks to pause the playhead. Each
tick is 1/60 of a second.
Example
This handler delays the movie for 2 seconds when the playhead exits the current frame:
-- Lingo syntax
on keyDown
_movie.delay(2*60)
end
// JavaScript syntax
function keyDown() {
_movie.delay(2*60);
}
This handler, which can be placed in a frame script, delays the movie a random number of ticks:
-- Lingo syntax
on keyDown
if (_key.key = "x") then
_movie.delay(random(180))
end if
end
// JavaScript syntax
function keyDown() {
if (_key.key == "x") {
_movie.delay(random(180));
}
}
See also
endFrame, milliseconds, Movie