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AS3: Basic Timer example

Published in: ActionScript 3 

Flash's Timer Class requires two parameters. The first is the delay (in milliseconds), the second is the amount of times you want the delay to fire.


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  1. var timer:Timer = new Timer(1000, 2);
  2.     timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, blah);
  3.     timer.start();
  4.  
  5. function blah(e:TimerEvent):void{
  6.      trace("Times Fired: " + e.currentTarget.currentCount);
  7.      trace("Time Delayed: " + e.currentTarget.delay);
  8. }

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