Thanks.

A different solution occurred to me right after posting: if delay is not so
short (say > 5s) I explicitly call timeout() after starting the timer.

-- Pier


Alex Harui wrote:
> 
> Set the timeout to be much shorter, then on the first event, change the
> delay to 10s
> 
> 
> On 3/21/10 3:20 PM, "p_repetti" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hello
> 
> how do I set a Timer to time out immediately the first time ?
> I mean: I create a Timer with an interval of 10s; I set an event listener
> to
> the timeout() function.
> When I start() it, I have to wait for 10s for it to time out and execute
> timeout(). How can I force the first timeout() execution immediately ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> --
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Team
> Adobe System, Inc.
> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> 
> 

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