How to pause a function?

[sachin123]

hey everyone,
i want to just pause a function called timerun,which starts when a button
is clicked.A want to do this only when another button is clicked.
there is only 1 layer,1 frame.
like this:
//button1
on(release)
{
function timerun()
{.....}
}
//the other button
on(release)
{
..........//pause timerun

}
thanks

[a_modified_dog]

does this method help ?

//button1
on(release){
timerun("go");
}

//button2
on(release){
timerun("nogo");
}

//main timeline
function timerun(param){
if(param=="go"){
// run this function
} else {
// do something else
}
}; 

[sstalder]

or possibly:

on(release) {
setTimeout(timerun,5000);// Delay function call for 5 seconds
}

function timerun() {
trace('You rang?');
}

[sachin123]

to a_modified_dog,

//button1
on(release)
{
function timerun()
{.....}
}
//the other button
on(release)
{
..........//pause the function:-'timerun'

}
i jus want u tell me what i shud type on the 10th line where i have typed
//pause the function:-'timerun' ".
does flash have a command for pausing a function.
plz specify that command with respect to dis
y shud i go to the main timeline?!?
plz buddy i have got stuck wid dis since a month.

to sstalder ,
it is actually a stopwatch like thing that i m trying to do.
not wat u said.
thanks though.
help.

[a_modified_dog]

stopwatch - http://www.jackleaman.co.uk/flash/two/date1.html

[sachin123]

that is quite different.
now:
Untitled-2.fla
k plz help me wid have to type in pause button.
Do refer to my logic.
Thanks

[sachin123]

plz help,my head is swimming!!!

[a_modified_dog]

does flash have a command for pausing a function.

NO.

you must use the logic in mine and sstadlers posts

ps.. if replying, please use good grammar and spell correctly.
this is a professional forum, not a teen-chat room

[sachin123]

OK
I got it wat u are saying and I tried it.
But I am not able to make it work in the file.
Please put the code in the file i have attached earlier(2 comments earlier)
and attach the completed file and download it so that I can know the actual
idea behind it.
Thank You.