The frame-based solution worked fine for me, but I do not have the flash background to argue the case against timers. Someone who does will someday do a definitive analysis of the two approaches.
Tracy ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Amy Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 3:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Performance and UI failing to update? --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Tracy Spratt" <tspr...@...> wrote: > > A quick google indicates that, as Manish says, current thinking is to > use timer for this type of work. I'm not sure I agree with this, since a timer can't react before the next frame anyway (i.e. the most accurate a timer can be is the frame rate). > In addition to the libraries, Manish mentions, look at Alex's > article/class: > > http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui/2008/01/threads_in_actionscript_3.html <http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui/2008/01/threads_in_actionscript_3.html> > > > > Also there is an explanation in the flex cookbook: > > http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/communityengine/index.cfm? <http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/communityengine/index.cfm?> event=showdetails > &productId=2&postId=12026 Here's another example that may help (and it does use timers :-D)
