pretend I proof read that block of code which I copied and pasted out of my actual working class.
Pretend the thisEvent=eventCeil; line exists before I refer to eventCeil in my timer is instantiated. Yeah... pretend. --- In [email protected], "grae_hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm having a bit of a problem with the Timer function. And I'm also a > little unsure of the variable syntax to read the framerate of the > application. > > I've created a custom class to allow me to easily attach listeners and > actions to components throughout my application in a centralised manner. > > I've used a timer that's set to fire once per frame - which is worked > out by dividing 1000 miliseconds by the application's framerate. > Although at the moment I'm setting the framerate manually as I can't > quite figure out how to reference the application framerate dynamically. > > My main problem is - that after I call a timer.reset(); before the > Timer has completed it's currentCount - the timer still fires one more > time. > > I've tried a few things - had a bit of a stab at using > stopEventPropegation etc - but the syntax for that was odd and it never > worked. I tried putting in a condition for timer.running before the > actions I wanted to occur would be run - but the timer reports running > as true for one instance after I reset - not as soon as I reset it. > > My code is here - it's unfinished, and has had a few things stripped > out for simplicities sake - but it should demonstrate what I'm trying > to acheive. > > override protected function createChildren():void { > timer = new Timer(singleFrame, eventCeil); > thisEventCeil = eventCeil; > addListeners(); > } > > private function addListeners() { > switch(listenerType) { > case "mouse": > listenerTarget.hitArea = listenerHitArea; > listenerTarget.addEventListener > (MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, funcOutOverDown); > listenerTarget.addEventListener > (MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, funcOutOverDown); > timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, > timerTick); > break; > case "key": > trace("Key Listener Type"); > break; > } > } > > private function funcOutOverDown(event:Event):void { > thisEventType=event.type; > if (timer.running) { > timer.reset(); > trace("terminated timer from event listener: " + > lastEventVal); > lastEventFloor = thisEventFloor; > thisEventCeil = eventCeil - thisEventFloor; > } > switch(thisEventType) { > case "mouseOut": > thisEventEaseCeil = 1; > thisEventFrom = 0; > thisEventTo = 1; > timerInit=true; > break; > case "mouseOver": > thisEventEaseCeil = undefined; > thisEventTo = 1; > thisEventFrom = 0; > timerInit=true; > break; > } > if (timerInit) { > thisEventFloor = 0; > timerInit=false; > timer.start(); > } > } > > private function timerTick(timerEvent:TimerEvent) { > trace(timerEvent); > if (timer.running) { > thisEventFloor = timer.currentCount; > thisEventVal = EasingLib.easeInCirc > (thisEventFloor,thisEventFrom,thisEventTo,thisEventCeil,thisEventEaseC ei > l); > lastEventVal = thisEventVal; > if (thisEventFloor >= thisEventCeil) { > trace("completed timer: " + lastEventVal + " " > + thisEventFloor); > timer.reset(); > lastEventFloor = thisEventFloor; > } > } > } > > The problem is - if I get an out or over event before the timer is > complete - which successfully resets the timer - it still passes the > timer.running condition. > > That's annoying me - and I'm really not sure how to stop it from > occuring. > > That's really the only problem I'm having at present with the code you > see - everything else seems to behave as I require it. Before I can > expand it out to cover more conditions and listeners I really need to > get a handle on the timer's behaviour. > > I figured that getting the timer to fire once a frame and then process > my actions would be a nice non-CPU intensive way to handle my various > actions, animations etc. > > I'd appreciate any input. > > Cheers. > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
