Reset interval timer on button

[Guest]

I'm building a touch screen presentation for a booth and I need to set a timer that states that if there is no activity it goes back to frame 1.

I need if possible to reset the timer if someone presses any button to start again.

I have a setInterval time set in the first frame:

var timer= setInterval(timeOut,6000);

function timeOut():Void{

gotoAndPlay(1);

clearInterval(timer);

}

A button click is:

on (press) {

    gotoAndPlay(100);

   clearInterval(timer);

}

I placed the clearinterval(timer) in the button to stop the timer but have not been able to reset.

Any help would be appreciated.

[kglad · Accepted solution]

use:

clearInterval(timer);

timer=setInterval(timeOut,6000);

[Guest]

Great, thanks for that it works well.

[kglad]

you're welcome.

[Guest]

I have another problem that has cropped up with the setInterval timer:

I now have a popup box as a MovieClip that is invoked after a set time. The pop-up box has a YES and NO button

YES button works simply by going back to frame 1 and resets as before.

The NO button should simply close the pop-up (an invisible item) and stay on what ever frame and reset as below.

Unfortunately, it ignores the clearInterval settings, script as follows:

on (release) {

    _root.endpres._visible =

    !_root.endpres._visible;

    clearInterval(timer);

    timer=setInterval(timeOut,6000);

}

Any help would be appreciated again.

[Guest]

I solved this simply with:

on (release) {

    _root.endpres._visible =

    !_root.endpres._visible;

}

the setInterval time then kicks in again on another button click.