pause script in while loop for 2 seconds

[Guest]

Hello,

I am a novice flash programmer, and i recently stumbled upon the following problem,

I got the following code ;

stop();
import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;

var loop1:Number = 0;
while (loop1 < 10){ 
     var line_1:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
     this.addChild(line_1);
     var line_1_x = randomNumber(0, 550);
     line_1.graphics.lineStyle(randomNumber(2,8), Math.random()*0xBBD9F7);
     line_1.graphics.moveTo(line_1_x,0); ///begin tekenen
     line_1.graphics.lineTo(line_1_x, 600);
     TweenLite.to(line_1, 10, {x:randomNumber(0, 550), alpha:0});
     stop();
     theTimer.start();
     //wait 2 seconds here
     loop1++;
}

How do i do that?

[Ned Murphy · Accepted solution]

There is no delaying a while/for/etc loop.  If you want something to loop with a delay you have to manufacture your own loop.  Create the functionality as a set of functions that you call as long as your counter is still below the limit.

var counter:int = 0;

function doStuff():void {

     // stuff

    counter++;

     if(counter < 10){

          call a timer to delay call to continueFunction for 2 seconds

     }

}

function continueFunction(evt:TimerEvent):void {

     doStuff();

}

doStuff(); // kick things off