my guess is OP need a delay function, like after user click a button, wait three seconds, then update the screen.
On 10/2/07, Paul Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Traditionally, a sleep() function stops the code in it's tracks and > then resumes after a delay. Timer Events can't give you exactly that > behaviour. > > I can understand wanting to delay processing for a while, but in an event > driven environment it may not be what's needed. Usually I associate timed > events with doing screen updates for animation, or timing out some pending > event that's taking too long. > > I was curious what the OPs intention was since they explicitly asked about > stopping processing. > > Paul > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Willy Ci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 02, 2007 12:43 PM > *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Sleep() method > > there is a lot of use for sleep function. > you can try use flash.events.TimerEvent write your own sleep(). > as3 doesn't have it own sleep function. > > Willy > > > On 9/28/07, Paul Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "essuark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 9:11 PM > > Subject: [flexcoders] Sleep() method > > > > > Is this something like a sleep or wait method? A method that holds > > > processing for 'n' seconds? I could use a timer but that doesn't stop > > > the processing. > > > > > > thanks > > > r > > > > What processing are you trying to stop and why? > > > > > > -- > Willy > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > maybe today is a good day to write some code, > hold on, late me take a nap first ... Zzzz > > Q: How do you spell "google"? > A: Why don't you google it? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- Willy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- maybe today is a good day to write some code, hold on, late me take a nap first ... Zzzz Q: How do you spell "google"? A: Why don't you google it? ----------------------------------------------------------------------
