Can you delay Actionscript?

[aussie01]

Can you delay actionscript so that it executes on a specific frame?

I have an animation and a button on the stage. I want the button to do something, but only when the animation gets to a certain point. So I've made the main timeline 60 frames long (my animation in embedded in a movie clip that loops every 60 frames) yet my actionscript is on frame 1.

If the button is pressed anywhere between frame 1 and 59 the animation jumps to the target of the button, whereas frame 60 of the first animation and frame 1 of the second (which the button links to) glide seamlessly. Can I write some code that will say something like...

"Do what I ask, but wait until frame 60 to do it"?

Cheers,

[NTD]

Boolean to the rescue

If you want the animation to play through to the end no matter when the button is pressed, create a variable with a boolean value(true or false). You can check that variable at the end of your animation to tell it to replay or do something else. Example....

variable...

myLoop=true;

button....

myButton.onRelease=function(){
myLoop=false;
}

Last frame of animation.....

if(myLoop==true){
//variable set to true loops the animation
gotoAndPlay(1);
}else{
//variable set to false, do something else
gotoAndStop(65);
}