Thanks, thats what I needed. I was in the flex builder for a bit trying include blahblahblah to try and use the codehints to help me find it :) Never did. Now I can write my double click detector. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > setInterval() still exists; it's now a function in the flash.util > package. But we do want folks to move to use Timer instead. Here's a > Flex 2.0 example of using Timer: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2005/mxml";> > > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > > import flash.util.Timer; > import flash.util.TimerEvent; > import flash.util.TimerEventType; > > private var timer:Timer; > > private function startTimer():Void > { > timer = new Timer(1000); > timer.addEventListener(TimerEventType.TIMER, timerHandler); > timer.start(); > } > > private function stopTimer():Void > { > timer.stop(); > timer = null; > } > > private function timerHandler(event:TimerEvent):Void > { > trace("timer"); > } > > ]]> > </mx:Script> > > <mx:Button label="Start Timer" click="startTimer();"/> > <mx:Button label="Stop Timer" click="stopTimer();"/> > > </mx:Application> > > Here are a few things to note: > > 1. A Timer dispatches "timer" events which you handle like any other > event. > > 2. When a Timer is first created with 'new', it is stopped; you have to > use the start() method to start it. > > 3. This examples creates and destroys a Timer object each time you click > the Start and Stop buttons. (Setting timer = null allows it to be > garbage collected.) But you could also create a Timer object, say at app > initialization, which you keep around, starting and stopping it multiple > times. > > - Gordon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Greg Johnson > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:25 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Flex 2: Where is the Timer Class > > This is a repost since we can't edit something we already did. I just > wanted to clerify the subject line. > > Flex 2 docs say the old timer functions have been removed and there is > a Timer Class. However in the docs for the Timer Class there is a > blank page. > > Does anyone know where I can read about the methods etc of the new > class? Or can tell me what they are? > > I am trying to write a new doubleClick checker and this need a timer. > > Thanks > > > > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links >
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