Looping a movie clip a specific number of times in Flash

Does anyone know how to get a movie clip to loop a specific number of times in Flash? I know how to stop a movie clip from looping by using the this.stop (); command by placing the command in a separate Action Script layer, in a keyframe, inside of the movie clip's timeline. This allows the movie clip to play through once and then stop. But I need for the movie clip to loop more than once, maybe 2 or 3 times, and then go back to the main timeline. Does anyone know the code for this?
Also, is it possible to place a pause (I'm guessing, maybe by using a timer of some type?) between the loops, so that the movie will pause a couple of seconds before it loops again and then stop? Please note I do not need the movie clip to stop when there's an event like a rollover or anything. I just need it to play a couple of times, pause between plays and then stop and go back to the main timeline. Please let me know if anyone can help.
Thanks,
Sarah
P.S. Is there a good, easy to use, reference book anyone can recommend for creating specific things in Flash using Action Script? Do you guys have a favorite for beginners like me?

You can use a variable to keep count of how many times you loop, and until it exceeds a particulr value (2 or 3) you execute a setTimeout() call that waits for however long you want to delay and then tells the movieclip to gotoAndPlay(1).
So in the first frame you would establish the counting variable...
var count;
if(count == undefined){ // only set it to 0 once
count = 0;
and in the last frame you would do your incrementing and control....
stop();
count += 1;
if(count < 3){
setTimeout(waitABit, 2000); // call function in 2 secs
function waitABit(){
gotoAndPlay(1);

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http://www.smithmediafusion.com/blog/?p=19
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>I have 6 frames on my movie timeline. Each frame has a
movie about 200 -
>300
> frames.
> I want each movie to repeat a specific number of times
before it goes to
> the
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>
> How can I do this
>

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dzedward
if you're using the Tween class, listen for onMotionFinish
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You should probably step back and rethink things a bit, though not entirely, possibly take it one step at a time. Get one piece to play properly, then work in having 5 of them. Using the tween event listeneres amd the timer to trigger things is a good approach.
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Mary Alice,
> Whoops. No variable name for the FORM, only an instance
of
> name: FORM. And it does not seem to have an instance
name.
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totally
destroyed the object reference I've been trying to explain,
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my apologies, and I hope my current reply will clarify
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