Just move it up to an instance variable.
var myTimer:Timer;
private function initTimer():void
{
myTimer = new Timer(parentApplication.valuesMilliseconds);
myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, updateData);
myTimer.start();
}
private function updateData(event:TimerEvent):void
{
myHTTPService.send();
}
public function stopTimer():void
{
if (myTimer) myTimer.stop();
}
-----Original Message-----
From: sailorsea21 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: sailorsea21 - How to stop a timer that is in a
private function?
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:16:47 -0000
I'm trying to do something more along these lines:
private function initTimer():void
{
var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(parentApplication.valuesMilliseconds);
myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, updateData);
myTimer.start();
}
private function updateData(event:TimerEvent):void
{
myHTTPService.send();
}
public function stopTimer():void
{
myTimer.stop(); //How can I target the var in initTimer?
}
Thanks again.
-David
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Gregor Kiddie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> You wrote
>
>
>
> private function initTimer():void {
> var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(30000);
> myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, updateData);
> myTimer.start();
> }
>
>
>
> the updateData function can then be
>
>
>
> private function updateData( event : TimerEvent ) : void {
>
> ( event.target as Timer ).stop();
>
> // Continue updating the data
>
> }
>
>
>
> Written off the top of my head, so my not compile, etc...
>
>
>
> Gk.
>
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