Kill Pause function prior to actions exicuting

[hothousegraphix]

I have a pause function that fires when the first frame of my swf loads.

/**************************************
Welcome transition
***************************************/
function pauseMC(sec) {
   var i = sec - 1;
   var MyPause = setInterval(function () {
      if (i == 0) {
         clearInterval(MyPause);
         _root.welcome.gotoAndPlay(3);   // action to continue
         _root.welcome.vidPlayer_1.playVideo();
      }
      i--;
   }, 1000);
}

pauseMC(3); 

However, if the user navigates away from this "Welcome" section, the actions following the "pause" still fire. I need to find a way to stop the pause function prior to the actions executing.

Below is the function used to trigger the navigation events and where I should be executing the action to stop by pauseMC.

function moveLeft () {
    var t = this;
    this.opened = true;
    //this._x = _root.navWidth * this.index;
    var handler = new Tween(this, "_x", easingType, this._x, _root.navWidth * this.index, duration, true);
    this.gotoAndStop(2);
    //
    // try to stop pauseMC prior to pause ending - NOT WORKING
    //
    clearInterval(MyPause);

    //
    // stop video player if transition has completed and user decides to
    // navigate away - WORKING
    //
    _root.welcome.vidPlayer_1.pauseVideo();
    handler.onMotionFinished = function () {
    }
} 

Just one additional note, all my functions live on frame one of my main timeline.

Any assistance would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[a_modified_dog]

try removing the var declaration to open the scope of MyPause -

MyPause = setInterval(function ()

compiles as -
Variable _level0.pauseMC = [function 'pauseMC']
Variable _level0.MyPause = 1


var MyPause = setInterval(function ()
compiles as -
Variable _level0.pauseMC = [function 'pauseMC']
MyPause is scoped only within the above function

[hothousegraphix]

ok, so I get that I've narrowed the scope of the interval to just the pause function so I should be able to do something like?

function pauseMC(sec) {
    var i = sec - 1;
    if (i == 0) {
        clearInterval(MyPause);
        _root.welcome.gotoAndPlay(3);   // action to continue
        _root.welcome.vidPlayer_1.playVideo()
        }
    i--;
}
var MyPause = setInterval(pauseMC,3); 

But this isn't working - to be honest with you, no surprise because now I'm confused about how the counting function should be set up. I'm assuming that by declaring the MyPause variable equal to the setInterval which references the pause function and passes the value that I no longer need to call the function independently?

What am I doing wrong in the pause function itself?

[a_modified_dog]

setInterval requires at least two parameters -
setInterval(Function, interval Number in msecs)

so try this method -

var i:Number = 3;

function pauseMC(){
trace(i);
i--;  
if (i == 0) {
clearInterval(MyPause);
trace("cleared");
}
};

var MyPause = setInterval(pauseMC,1000); // 1000=1 sec 

[a_modified_dog]

here is another method -

_global.pauser = function(clip, sec) { 
trace("pausing "+clip+" for - "+sec+" secs") 
    clip.stop(); 
    var i = sec-1; 
    var t = setInterval(function () { 
    if (i <= 0) { 
    clearInterval(t); 
    trace("cleared");
    clip.gotoAndPlay(3);   
    clip.vidPlayer_1.playVideo()
    } 
    i--; 
trace("i = "+i); 
    }, 1000); 
}; 

//  action on frame of main timeline - 
stop(); 
pauser(_root.welcome, 5);