How to delay an event?

[MamenFLASH$]

Hi everybody. I want to delay an event some minutes or seconds in order not to interfere with another event. How can I dow it? Thanks in advance.

Regards

[kglad]

there are several ways to handle that.

one would be to use a listener and listener function to capture the event, remove the listener, use a timer and timer listener to capture a delayed timerevent in the timer listener function where you re-dispatch the original event.

[MamenFLASH$]

Wel I think it will be perfect with a timer. I have tried to put a timer and then with an "if"sentence asking if the timer has a determined value then do the other hings I want to, but obviously my code is wrong because it doesnt work. So how can I do it? Thanks

[kglad]

var capturedE:Event;

var delayTime = 5000;

var t:Timer=new Timer(delayTime,1);

t.addEventListener(TimerEvent.delayDispatchF);

function eventlistenerF(e:Event):void{

// remove the listener that calls this

capturedE=e;

t.start();

}

function delayDispatchF(e:TimerEvent):void{

capturedE.currentTarget.dispatchEvent(capturedE);

}

[MamenFLASH$]

Ok. I'm a bit confused. So this piece of code manages the time, but how can I conect this with both events? I mean the event just executed and the new one that I want to delay. Thanks

[kglad]

have your listener call eventlistenerF

[MamenFLASH$]

Sorry. I have told you it is an event but it is just a function. It's my fault. I have a function and I want that after that a new function takes place. Sorry again and thanks

[kglad]

what's dispatching the event and what type of event will be dispatched?

[MamenFLASH$]

Thanks for all your patience. Well I have a movieClip that appears throw code (addChild....) and as this hapens I have a sound taken from the library. The other thing that hapens next is another Clip with another sound. That's why I want to display first one and then the other in order not to mix both sounds.

[kglad · Accepted solution]

then you're NOT trying to delay an event being dispatched.

you can just use the timer to delay the call to a function that does something with '..another Clip with another sound'.

var t:Timer=new Timer(5000,1);

t.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,f2);

function f1():void{

addChild(mc1);

t.start();

}

function f2(e:TimerEvent):void{

addChild(mc2);

}

[MamenFLASH$]

Well they are not events but the first depend on an event thats why I have made the wrong question. I have to say in my own defense that I started with flash long time ago, when it was not Adobe flash. When I started it was AS1, then I jumped to AS2 and I am completely new with AS3 wich is quite diferent. Thanks. I'm going to try this