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Anonymous
June 10, 2008
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can't get the timer to work

  • June 10, 2008
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hello,

I'm new to AS 3. However, I'm finding it to be baffling overall. Every time I try to go deeper with it I find I can't get what appear to be simple tasks to function.

This time I'm trying to work with the timer class. I have two layers: display and actions. In the display layer (which is below the actions layer), I've got a single instance of dynamic text. I gave it an instance name of dtDisplay.

In the actions layer, I have a keyframe and this code:

import flash.utils.Timer;

function runMany(event:TimerEvent):void {
trace("runMany() called @ " + getTimer() + " ms");
}

var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(25000,1);
myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.Timer, runMany);
myTimer.start();


dtDisplay.text = 'haha';


What I'm trying to achieve with this code is a 25 second delay, then the dynamic text being applied to the control.

However, when I run this flash file, I get an error on the line with myTimer.addEventListener:

"1119: Access of possibly undefined property Timer through a reference with static type Class."

Now, I think this could be related to my class path. I've set the class path to have two values:

c:\program files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3\en\Configuration\ActionScript 3.0\Classes
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3\en\First Run\Classes\mx\utils

The second path has at least the 'utils' part of the import statement at the top of my frame. However, when i peruse the utils.as, i see no reference to a timer class.

I have searched my hard drive for AS files that contain the timer class but don't see it.

Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks.
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Correct answer J_Rocker
Hey!
instead of myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.Timer, runMany);

myTimer.addEventListener("timer", runMany);

What that error dialog was telling you was that there is no Timer property of TimerEvent.
(there is TimerEvent.TIMER though, i don't know what it does (i'm new too) AS3 is very particular about things like that)

if your function parameter (event:TimerEvent) disagrees, try (event:Event) or (e:Event)

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J_Rocker
Inspiring
June 11, 2008
Haha. Glad i could help!
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Anonymous
June 11, 2008
hey,

i just added a second keyframe for the actions layer and put a stop() in it. that stopped the flashing.

(please disregard that part of the last post.)
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Anonymous
June 10, 2008
thanks, gratch.

Mr Rocker, you rock. I appreciate your response. you helped me get to the point where it runs.

however, it doesn't delay quite like i expect. My code looks like this:


import flash.utils.Timer;

function runMany(event:Event):void {
trace("runMany() called @ " + getTimer() + " ms");
}

var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(100000,1);
myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, runMany);
myTimer.start();

dtDisplay.text = 'haha';


...and, it doesn't delay 100 seconds before refreshing my text control. For some reason, it is constantly refreshing it.

Also, i don't see how we're releasing the object from memory doing this. if we're not, it is useless as timer code that is reused often.

thanks for the help.
J
J_RockerCorrect answer
Inspiring
June 10, 2008
Hey!
instead of myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.Timer, runMany);

myTimer.addEventListener("timer", runMany);

What that error dialog was telling you was that there is no Timer property of TimerEvent.
(there is TimerEvent.TIMER though, i don't know what it does (i'm new too) AS3 is very particular about things like that)

if your function parameter (event:TimerEvent) disagrees, try (event:Event) or (e:Event)
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Anonymous
June 10, 2008
I'm new to AS3 also but I think You need to add this
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
with your code as you are calling a event with the timer in "function runMany(event:TimerEvent):void "
hope this may help
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