Hi Ned,

Unfortunately that's what I have been trying, without success. Actually, have gotten fairly stuck in experimenting and am hoping that someone can provide a simple example. The following is some of the "gibberish" that I tried without success.

private var c1On: uint = 500
private var c1Off: uint = 500
private var c2On:uint = 500
private var c2Off:uint = 500
private var c1OnTimer:Timer
private var c2OnTimer:Timer

c1OnTimer = new Timer(c1On, 30);
c1OnTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, c1OnF);
public function c1OnF(event:TimerEvent) {
mcsquare1.visible = true
mcsquare2.visible = false
}

c2OnTimer = new Timer(c2On, 30);
c2OnTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, c2OnF);
public function c2OnF(event:TimerEvent) {
mcsquare2.visible = true
mcsquare1.visible = false
}

c1onTimer = new Timer(c1On, 30);
c1onTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, c1onF);  
//onTimer.start();
}//end
public function c1onF(event:TimerEvent) {
mcsquare1.visible = true
mcsquare2.visible = false
}//end c1onF

c1offTimer = new Timer(c1Off, 30);
c1offTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, c1offF);  
//onTimer.start();
}//end
public function c1offF(event:TimerEvent) {
mcsquare1.visible = false
mcsquare2.visible = true
}//end c1onF

Yes, I've been coming up with far too complex script (that doesn't work), when it should be simple.

If I set up a simple Timer with your suggestion,

mcsquare1.visible = !mcsquare1.visible; // switches the visible state to the opposite

mcsquare2.visible = !mcsquare1.visible; // ditto

would I need one or two timers? One for the visible square1 and not visible square2, alternating with one for the visible square2, not visible square1? How do I get the second timer (assuming two timers needed) to fire 500ms after the first, then repeat this pattern for 30 seconds? I've been lost trying to figure out both how to create a simple script and then implement it in AS3.

Regards,

OK, I think it means that one timer can do the job.

So, something like?:

private var c1On: uint = 500

private var c1OnTimer:Timer

c1onTimer = new Timer(c1On, 30);

c1onTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, c1onF);

}

public function c1onF(event:TimerEvent) {

mcsquare1.visible = !mcsquare1.visible;

mcsquare2.visible = !mcsquare1.visible;

}

Not sure this will work, how to trigger in a button.

Regards,

OK, I was able to get it working. And, one timer! :-)

Thank you very much for your help.

Regards,