Trye Everything, please help with stop();

Question

ok i have a movieclip on scene 2, which plays an animation, waits a random time then plays again.

the code i used is making stop(); not work.

frame 1 inside the movie clip:

function paause(){
play();
clearInterval(timer);}

frame 40:

stop();

howlong = Math.random()* 7500+4000;
timer = setInterval(paause, howlong);

On scene 3 i have 1 frame with the code stop(); on it. it doesnt work. It seems to act on the movie clips code. WHy ive been trying to solve this for about 4 hours please some 1.

Ned Murphy · Accepted Answer

You should look things up in the Flash help documentation if you want to see how they work.

In your case, try the following: remove the code you showed from frame 1 inside the movieclip and place all of the following in frame 40...

stop();

function paause(){

play();

}

var howlong = Math.random()* 7500+4000;
var timer = setTimeout(paause, howlong);

Ned Murphy · Answer

Do you have a stop(): in scene 2? It might be failing due to trying to use a variable that is undefined in frame 1 (timer). You could try using setTimeout instead. That does not require the use of a clearing method.

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