Hi Lon, thanks for the suggestion. If I've followed your code right (and Flash had a problem with the syntax when I ran the "check syntax") the timer is now not responding. Just to recap, Frame 1 of "Welcome" Scene contains the static text message and is labelled "Welcome_1", Frame 2 contains the dynamic text message (from the "Input" Scene) and is labelled "Welcome_2".
Here's what I added:

Frame 1 of the first Scene "Input"

var welcomeId:Number;
fscommand("allowscale", "true");
fscommand("resize", "false");
fscommand("showmenu", "false");
fscommand("fullscreen", "true");
stop();


Frame 1 of the "Welcome" Scene:
welcomeId=1;
stop();

Frame 2 of the "Welcome" Scene:
welcomeId=2;
stop();

The timer script on the timeline in the "Main" Scene now looks like this:

if(!timeoutID){
var timeoutID = setInterval(timedOut, 180000);
}

function timedOut ()
{clearInterval(timeoutID);}
if(welcomeId==1)
{
_root.gotoAndStop(Welcome, "Welcome_2");
}
else

_root.gotoAndStop(Welcome, "Welcome_1");
onMouseMove = function(){
clearInterval(timeoutID);
timeoutID = setInterval(timedOut, 180000);}

I obviously haven't implemented correctly, what have I done wrong?

For your info, there is more script on Frame 1 of "Welcome" on a different layer, it's more of the timer script:

DisplayedCompany.text=_root.CompanyName;
var timeoutID = setInterval(timedOut, 180000);

function timedOut () {
clearInterval(timeoutID);
gotoAndStop("Welcome",1);
}

onMouseMove = function(){
clearInterval(timeoutID);
timeoutID = setInterval(timedOut, 180000);
}

Thanks Lon.

Although initially there was a syntax error, I meant to say I corrected this before re-publishing, but I still sem to have lost the timer functionality, the presentation now DOESN'T return to the "Welcome" Scene.

I note your comment on returning to the frame with the variable declaration, but this is on Frame 1 of the "Input" Scene, which once the action moves to the "Welcome" Scene isn't revisited. Let me recap the Scene layout with regards to your code, Scenes listed in order:

"Input" Scene:
Frame 1:
var welcomeId:Number;

There are two butons here, one for the static text welcome:
on (release) {
gotoAndPlay("Welcome","Welcome_2");
}

and one to go to the next Frame which is where you input your text for the "customised" text welcome:

on (release) {
gotoAndPlay("custom_screen");
}

from here you then click a "begin" button which takes you to Frame 1 of the "Welcome" Scene:

on (release) {
gotoAndPlay("Welcome","Welcome_1");
}

"Welcome" Scene:
Frame 1 (labelled "Welcome_1"):
welcomeId=1;
stop();

On another layer I have more script to display the dynamic text and to check the timer:

DisplayedCompany.text=_root.CompanyName;
var timeoutID = setInterval(timedOut, 180000);

function timedOut () {
clearInterval(timeoutID);
gotoAndStop("Welcome","Welcome_1");
}

onMouseMove = function(){
clearInterval(timeoutID);
timeoutID = setInterval(timedOut, 180000);
}

Frame 2 here is identical to Frame 1, except it's labelled "Welcome_2" and your code for the variable:

welcomeId=2;
stop();

This is displaying the static text welcome message. The other script here on another layer, again, for the timer:

var timeoutID = setInterval(timedOut, 180000);
function timedOut() {
clearInterval(timeoutID);
gotoAndStop("Welcome","Welcome_2");
}
onMouseMove = function () {
clearInterval(timeoutID);
timeoutID = setInterval(timedOut, 180000);
};

"Main" Scene:
This Scene is the main presentation with all of the information for the user. The timer has been set up to watch for 5 mins of inactivity before returning back to the "Welcome" Scene. I was hoping your script would determine WHICH welcome text screen is displayed at this point, either Frame 1 of "Welcome" (the dynamic text) or Frame 2 of "Welcome" (the static text). Here's all of the script inc the timer stuff and your variable stuff, all on Frame 1:

if(!timeoutID){
var timeoutID = setInterval(timedOut, 180000);
}

function timedOut ()
{clearInterval(timeoutID);}
if(welcomeId=2)
{
_root.gotoAndStop("Welcome","Welcome_2");
}
else
{
_root.gotoAndStop("Welcome","Welcome_1");
}
onMouseMove = function(){
clearInterval(timeoutID);
timeoutID = setInterval(timedOut, 180000);}

The syntax here is all correct, I changed "if(welcomeId==1)" to "if(welcomeId=2)" - but this made no difference I could determine as without the timer to redirect the action back to "Welcome" I don't know where it'll end up.

I'm sure there's a very simple "tweak" to be made, but I can't fathom it. Any help would be appreciated.

Best regards

Paul.