The timer is used to update the animation. I need to know when to stop it.
2008/6/25 Paul Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Why not just remove the timer? > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* bjorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 25, 2008 2:01 PM > *Subject:* [flexcoders] .visability = true, but is it "viewable"? > > I have an animation that is displayed using a timer while something is > loading. When this animation isn't visible, I don't want the timer to keep > updating the animation. > > I've overridden the set visible( value:Boolean ) function and stop the > animation if visible is set to false; but the problem is that visible=false > doesn't happen e.g. if a ViewStack change occurs causing the animation to be > hidden. > > If I check the .visible flag in the timer event I see that the component is > still visible (but it's not displayed since it's hidden). Checking > with "Show redraw regions" confirms that it is running in the background. > > -- > > ======================== > http://www.juicability.com - flex blog > http://www.43min.com - funny movies > > > -- ======================== http://www.juicability.com - flex blog http://www.43min.com - funny movies
