[flexcoders] passing variables to Timer handler routine

[dougco2000]

Hi all,

If I have an action (like putting up an alert popup, adding a child to
the canvas, etc) that needs to be delayed, it would be great to have a
good old "sleep" or something prior to the command, but I guess one
has to use Timers.

But since Timer calls a new function, how to best pass along any
objects or strings that it will need, other than have these as global
vars?

I tried something like this, but I can't reference the target as
shown, and you can't pass anything to the resetAlert from the listener.

function myAlert():void{
  var test:String="testing";
  var alertTimer:Timer = new Timer(3000,1);
  alertTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,resetAlert,false,0,true);
  alertTimer.start();
}

function resetAlert(e:TimerEvent) {
  trace("traced test:"+e.target.test);
}

I know it is something easy I'm missing, so thanks!