# Visible and flash

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/visible-and-flash/3028>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 22, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/visible-and-flash/3028 "2011-06-22T16:34:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![jac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@jac](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jac)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/visible-and-flash/3028/1 "2011-06-22T16:34:29Z")

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Hi,  
This should be an easy one…  
What is the easiest way to make an object Visible and flash at a rate of 0.5sec?  
thx

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/visible-and-flash/3028/2 "2011-06-22T17:54:25Z")

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First, add a Timer component from the Misc tab into your window. Set the timer’s delay to 500ms and the bound to 2. Start up the timer by selecting the running property. Lastly, bind the visible property of the object to the value property of the timer. That is it!

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**Author:** ![mayville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@mayville](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mayville)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/visible-and-flash/3028/3 "2011-06-23T12:10:56Z")

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Thanks, this is just what I was looking for.