What I would highly recommend is externalizing your interval and data loading into a class. This way, you have the class handle its own state and data, fire an event once it's loaded or reloaded data and have your movie listen for that event. The class can then be instantiated just once at the beginning of your movie. OR, use a Singleton to ensure a single instantiation. I would probably advise against the Singleton approach for your purposes, though.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael King Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 5:35 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] setInterval woes Hey all, Some of you may remember my problems with visually mapping streaming data before. I ended up needing them as separate clips to provide individual roll-over support with the ability to add links in a future revision. Well, now that I have it performing better, I'm breaking down the information into intervals of 1 minute "bursts". What I'm trying to do is use setInterval to have it pull the data once per minute. The problem is, when I use setInterval as documented, it waits the first minute, does its thing, but then it ignores the interval after that, pulling the data every time that frame comes up. Here's the relevant bit of code: function intervalLoop() { xmlData = new XML(); xmlData.load("wddx.php"); xmlData.onLoad = function () { wddx = new Wddx(); _root.wddxObj = wddx.deserialize(this); delete(xmlData); } for (j=0; j < _root.lines.length; j++) { trace("Deleting clip: " + _root.lines[j]["pen"]._name); _root.lines[j]["pen"].removeMovieClip(); delete(_root.lines[j]["pen"]); delete(_root.lines[j]["timestamp"]); _root.lines.splice(j,1); } for (var i in _root.wddxObj) { _root.counter++; date_now = new Date(); pen = createEmptyMovieClip("curve_" + i + "_mc", 2 + _root.counter); trace("Added clip: " + pen._name); pen.lineStyle(1.5,0xFF6600); container = {pen: pen, timestamp: date_now}; _root.lines.push(container); dest_long = _root.wddxObj[i]["long"]; dest_lat = _root.wddxObj[i]["lat"]; site = _root.wddxObj[i]["site"]; src_long = _root.locations[site]["long"]; src_lat = _root.locations[site]["lat"]; curvePoint(pen, src_long, src_lat, dest_long, dest_lat); } } setInterval(intervalLoop, 60000); Thanks, Michael King CSIRT - Developer Security Incident Response Group Humana Inc. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "STANDS: Some Theoretical Acronym Not Described Sufficiently" The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this material/information in error, please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information. _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
