FLASH: Loop While

[yan]

Hi List,

I'm trying to use  a frame action to pause my movie.

The script is as follows:

Set Variable: "time" = 1

Loop While (time <= 500)

      Set Variable: "time" = time + 1

End Loop

Trace (time)
 

However, I can detect no cessation of the playback whatsoever even if I set the Loop While value to just under 200000. Flash just seems to whizz through it at low values or add up incorrectly with higher values.

Has anyone else tried to do this?
I suppose I could just extend to timeline but it doesn't seem quite as elegant somehow.

Cheers
Yan