Series of movie clips for advertising bar

this might be a pipe dream, but i would like to create an ad
bar on my church's webpage. I would like to just create a series of
movie clips and have them each play through for a period of time,
then switch to the next. I would like to create the transition
between each clip with action script instead of adding frames
between each animation. Is there some code that woudl allow me to
play one movie clip, wait for some time, then move to the next?
Thanks.

the setInterval() function is perfect for this. Czeck it
out.

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Figures.. I just found the post on the forums that answered my question.
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Then in the main timeline I have - stop();
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its just with the frame labels you have given every where.
and its the same "over" and "out"
the player is confused to play which one fist
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a button - can
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Is this code running on the button? What's the name of the
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I actually tried a post earlier that was simplified, but I think the setup of scenes might be important....anyways, here it is.
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Scene 1 > MovieClip1 > MovieClip2 > MovieClip3 > MovieClip4
Explanation:
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I have a movie clip within my swf website that is basically
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_parent should be correct, I've tried it without and with
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hello all - i have a main stage where on the first frame my
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inside this home movie clip on the main stage, there are
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you click that button, then it takes you to frame 4 on my main
stage, where my faq's movie clip (followed by stop action) has been
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i have published this to view - not working.
i have my faqs text file starting as info=
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hmmmmm lemme double check as i seem to be a bit lost now.
// this is my actions layer code on frame 4 of main timeline:
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faqs movie clip an instance name of "mainfaqs" - although nowhere
do i refer to this specific mc within my code.
2. where would i replace/insert the following code?
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answers through previous postings and i googled it and i've been
taking instruction through lynda.com and dvds but i seem to be
stuck here.... as always - thanks for your time

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