How do I recognize the time a button/element is pressed

Hi guys,

somehow I am thinking too complicated to get a simple Task done (resource friendly, at least).

When the Player presses the "Action" button/key, he should hold it for X seconds, untill the function/Action is executed.

How on earth is this doable? Do I really Need a variable for it? Tryed Things with "wait" Action, but I think "pausing" isnt really what I Need here...

Can someone blow to the back of my head, please?

(Sorry for the grammar, Edge is Messing other languages than System language up..)

You could do it with timer behaviour..

On any touch start

touch is touching button

start timer for 3 seconds

on timer

touch is touching button

perform action

on any touch end

stop timer

Here's a solution with 1 variable:

Is Touching Object (Button)         Add 1 to variable

Every 1 seconds

On any Touch End                         variable set to 0

If variable = X seconds                  Do Action

Thanks for the answers,

sometimes I think too complex for C's logic.. >.>

Thanks, thats what I needed!