How can I trace mouse moves and ignore non moves

Question

I have a program that records the mouse position every 300 msec over an approximately 9 minute time period.

However, I need to know the mouse position ONLY when it is not the same as the previous moment (sometimes the user stops to talk. I don't want to record 5 minutes of the same mouse position)

Here's the original program

var drawTimer:Timer = new Timer(300, 500000);

drawTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timeSampler);

function timeSampler(evt:TimerEvent):void {

{ trace (+mouseX, "," +mouseY);

}

I tried creating a variable to capture the mouse position at a specific moment

var posMouseX:Number= mouseX;

var posMouseY:Number= mouseY;

and to add a conditional statement into the function

if ((mouseX != posMouseX) && (mouseY != posMouseY))
{ trace (+mouseX, "," +mouseY);}

but I am not doing this correctly because I either get all mouse moves or none

Can anyone suggest a better way to do this?

Thanks in advance

nezarov · Accepted Answer

The above code can do what you're looking for

you'll get the values only when the mouse is moving, so there will not be duplicated values

stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, onMove);

function onMove(e:MouseEvent):void

{

trace(mouseX + ", " + mouseY);

// add your code here to record the values, for example:

// myArray.push(mouseX, mouseY);

}

as the timer still counting down and on complete it'll remove the stage event listener.

var drawTimer:Timer = new Timer(300, 500000);

drawTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, timeSampler);

function timeSampler(evt:TimerEvent):void

{

stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, onMove);

}

drawTimer.start();

nezarov · Answer

use MouseEvent.MUSE_MOVEvar drawTimer:Timer = new Timer(300, 500000);drawTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent..TIMER_COMPLETE, timeSampler); // here you have to use TIMER_COMPLETE not TIMER cause TIMER will call the function each 300 msec means the mouse event listener will be removed after 300 msec only.stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, onMove);function onMove(e:MouseEvent):void{ //trace (+mouseX, "," +mouseY); //in your code there's a comma after mouseX you have to remove it. trace(mouseX + ", " + mouseY);}// on time complete remove the event listenerfunction timeSampler(evt:TimerEvent):void{ stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, onMove);}drawTimer.start();

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