Countdown timer not working

Report · Aug 19, 2008

Hi,

I finished my countdown timer inside a page called pageHome. The problem
is that there´s something wrong with the code I put in the actions layer. I put the numbers of the timer inside a dynamic text field called "time_txt".

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at pageHome/updateTime()
at flash.utils::Timer/flash.utils:Timer::_timerDispatch()
at flash.utils::Timer/flash.utils:Timer::tick()

Here´s the code on the timer

//var endDateate = new Date("Sun Aug 24 15:00:00 GMT+0200 2008");
var endDateate = new Date("Sun Aug 24 15:00:00 GMT+0200 2008");

var countdownTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000);
countdownTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, updateTime);
countdownTimer.start();

function updateTime(e:TimerEvent):void
{
var nowate = new Date();
var timeLeft:Number = endDate.getTime() - now.getTime();
var seconds:Number = Math.floor(timeLeft / 1000);
var minutes:Number = Math.floor(seconds / 60);
var hours:Number = Math.floor(minutes / 60);
var days:Number = Math.floor(hours / 24);

seconds %= 60;
minutes %= 60;
hours %= 24;

var sec:String = seconds.toString();
var min:String = minutes.toString();
var hrs:String = hours.toString();
var d:String = days.toString();

if (sec.length < 2) {
sec = "0" + sec;
}

if (min.length < 2) {
min = "0" + min;
}

if (hrs.length < 2) {
hrs = "0" + hrs;
}

var time:String = d + ":" + hrs + ":" + min + ":" + sec;

time_txt.text = time;
}

Report · Aug 19, 2008

That error is thrown when you have undefined variables.

endDate.getTime() - now.getTime() should be endDateate.getTime() - nowate.getTime();

Cheers,
FlashTastic