Package	flash.utils
Class	public class Timer
Inheritance	Timer EventDispatcherObject

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0, Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

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The Timer class is the interface to timers, which let you run code on a specified time sequence. Use the start() method to start a timer. Add an event listener for the timer event to set up code to be run on the timer interval.

You can create Timer objects to run once or repeat at specified intervals to execute code on a schedule. Depending on the SWF file's framerate or the runtime environment (available memory and other factors), the runtime may dispatch events at slightly offset intervals. For example, if a SWF file is set to play at 10 frames per second (fps), which is 100 millisecond intervals, but your timer is set to fire an event at 80 milliseconds, the event will be dispatched close to the 100 millisecond interval. Memory-intensive scripts may also offset the events.

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Property		Defined By
constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.	Object
currentCount : int [read-only] The total number of times the timer has fired since it started at zero.	Timer
delay : Number The delay, in milliseconds, between timer events.	Timer
repeatCount : int The total number of times the timer is set to run.	Timer
running : Boolean [read-only] The timer's current state; true if the timer is running, otherwise false.	Timer

Method		Defined By
Constructs a new Timer object with the specified delay and repeatCount states.	Timer
addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false, priority:int = 0, useWeakReference:Boolean = false):void Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener receives notification of an event.	EventDispatcher
Dispatches an event into the event flow.	EventDispatcher
Checks whether the EventDispatcher object has any listeners registered for a specific type of event.	EventDispatcher
Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.	Object
Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.	Object
Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.	Object
removeEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false):void Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object.	EventDispatcher
Stops the timer, if it is running, and sets the currentCount property back to 0, like the reset button of a stopwatch.	Timer
setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.	Object
Starts the timer, if it is not already running.	Timer
Stops the timer.	Timer
Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.	Object
Returns the string representation of the specified object.	Object
Returns the primitive value of the specified object.	Object
Checks whether an event listener is registered with this EventDispatcher object or any of its ancestors for the specified event type.	EventDispatcher

Event		Summary	Defined By
[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application gains operating system focus and becomes active.	EventDispatcher
[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application operating loses system focus and is becoming inactive.	EventDispatcher
Dispatched whenever a Timer object reaches an interval specified according to the Timer.delay property.	Timer
Dispatched whenever it has completed the number of requests set by Timer.repeatCount.	Timer

currentCount

property

currentCount:int [read-only]

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0, Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

The total number of times the timer has fired since it started at zero. If the timer has been reset, only the fires since the reset are counted.

Implementation
public function get currentCount():int

delay

property

delay:Number

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0, Flas

Flash Actionscript 3.0