You could do this using the Timer class in the flash.utils package. I'd create a Timer that fires once a minute, determines the clock time, and checks to see if there are any alarms to display.
The Flash Player doesn't have multiple threads. - Gordon ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark McCray Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 12:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] scheduled functions Hey there, Could anyone point me in the right direction with the following task: Is it possible to create events that happen at specific times while the app is running? Something like cron but for a client side flex app? Can make some function that runs in its own thread or runs in the background while that might be able to fire events based on system clock time? As an example, let's say that you are in a calendar app, and you want it to pop up an alarm at 4:15pm to alert you of a meeting? Can this be done without using a server side/FDS messaging push? Thanks, mark
