I understand Timer is preferred over setInterval. Tracy
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul DeCoursey Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 11:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: display current time I just did something like that.. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> " layout="absolute" initialize="this.init();"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import flash.utils.setInterval; import flash.utils.clearInterval; private function init():void { flash.utils.setInterval(this.resetNow, 1000); } private function resetNow():void { this.now = new Date(); } private function set now(d:Date):void { this.nowText = d.toTimeString(); } [Bindable] private var nowText:String = ""; ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Panel x="55" y="43" width="487" height="371" layout="absolute" title="Time" creationComplete="this.resetNow();"> <mx:Form width="100%" height="100%"> <mx:FormHeading label="Time"/> <mx:HRule width="100%"/> <mx:FormItem label="Now"> <mx:Text text="{this.nowText}"/> </mx:FormItem> </mx:Form> </mx:Panel> </mx:Application> You'll have to play around with DateFormatters to get the kind of display you want. But as you can see it's very simple. Note however that this could slow down the responsiveness of your app. Paul --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Chad Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I need the current time in my flex app. > > Also is it possible to display the current time in the flex app having it always current? So the user would watch the seconds and minutes change? > > How is best handled? Is this an actionscript thing? > > Thanks, > Chad >
