Countdown timer using AS3 not showing up in dynamic text box

[MischaP18]

Hello! I'm trying to make a countdown timer with AS3 in a dynamic text box to add to my timed puzzle game. The "100" simply won't show up in the text box. 

The code:

var nCount = 100;

timer_txt.text = nCount.toString();

I tried this exact same code in a new document, and it worked perfectly. However, in the file I'm editing, there's already a lot of extra (not DRY) code that I think is interferring with the timer.

I would copy paste my existing code but it's 1600+ lines and would clog up this post (happy to put the code up later if someone needed it). Any help would be appreciated!

[kglad]

is there an error message when testing?

if not, encode a trace statement that repeatedly polls your textfield's text.

[Mischa327400478s2p]

There wasn't an error message, and the trace returned "100" so it seems to work that way...

I commented out my existing code and tried it again - I'm following a tutorial and tried this code

var nCount: Number = 100;

var myTimer: Timer = new Timer(1000, nCount);

timer_txt.text = nCount.toString():

myTimer.start();

myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, countdown);

function countdown(e: TimerEvent): void {

    nCount--;

    timer_txt.text = nCount.toString():

}

which returned error 1009. I tested this code in a seperate document and it worked perfectly. Not sure what's going on, I'm new to AS3.

[Mischa327400478s2p]

Also, everything is on frame 1 so I don't understand why the function or variable (or something) can't be accessed

[kglad]

you're using colons where you should be using semi-colons.  those should all be generating errors (and not 1009 errors).