There are a large number of ways you could go about doing this but without a little more information it is going to be difficult to offer you more detailed advice.

create a bool like canPlace, and set it initally to true. if canPlace==true then you can click on the button. once you click on the button set canPlace to false, and create a timer for however long you want, and set it so that once the timer completes, you set canPlace back to true.

something like this:

var CanPlace:Boolean = true;
 
Button.addEventListener(Event.CLICK, function(e:Event)){
   if(CanPlace==false) return; //can't do anything while false.
   //do your actions here.
   CanPlace = false;
   var TimerObj:Timer = new Timer(10.0, false); //set a delay of 10 seconds, and not to repeat.
   TimerObj.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, function(e:TimerEvent)){
       CanPlace=true;
   }
}

this code probably won't compile right away(it's been awhile since i've done flash work). It's also not the cleanest way to do this, but the concept should work.

create a bool like canPlace, and set it initally to true. if canPlace==true then you can click on the button. once you click on the button set canPlace to false, and create a timer for however long you want, and set it so that once the timer completes, you set canPlace back to true.

something like this:

var CanPlace:Boolean = true;
 
Button.addEventListener(Event.CLICK, function(e:Event)){
   if(CanPlace==false) return; //can't do anything while false.
   //do your actions here.
   CanPlace = false;
   var TimerObj:Timer = new Timer(10.0, false); //set a delay of 10 seconds, and not to repeat.
   TimerObj.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, function(e:TimerEvent)){
       CanPlace=true;
   }
}

this code probably won't compile right away(it's been awhile since i've done flash work). It's also not the cleanest way to do this, but the concept should work.

Thanks, now I need help.
How do I stop a frame from playing using actionscript and play it and also test if the frame of the movie clip is == 1?
(e.g.
OnClick (gun1btn){
If (canPlace == true){
gun1.x = mousex;
gun1.y = mousey;
addChild (gun1);
gun1btn.play;
}
for (gun1.currentFrame == 1){
canPlace = true;
gun1btn.gotoAndStop (1)
}
}
Sorry for no fomat

OnClick(gun1btn){
  If(canPlace==true){
    gun1.x = mousex;
    gun1.y = mousey;
    addChild(gun1);
    gun1.gotoAndPlay(2);
    canPlace=false;
  }
  If(gun1.currentFrame!=1) return;
  gun1btn.gotoAndStop(1);
  canPlace=true;
}