# AttributeError: 'com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.Imm' object has no attribute 'invokeLater'

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**Created:** [December 2, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/attributeerror-com-inductiveautomation-ignition-common-script-imm-object-has-no-attribute-invokelater/41151 "2020-12-02T18:57:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/attributeerror-com-inductiveautomation-ignition-common-script-imm-object-has-no-attribute-invokelater/41151/6 "2020-12-02T19:19:49Z")

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Bleh, I wish the training team hadn’t written those docs advocating the use of `invokeLater` as a convenient way to introduce a delay. That’s really not what it’s for.

Jython’s Timer seems fine, but it’s conceptually no different than just using `invokeAsync` and then sleeping as the first thing you do for the amount of delay you desire. Both end up using a dedicated Thread.

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