More accurately, I want to display some results when the button is hit and then I want to pause, and then I want to change states. Like this movie here:
http://food.aol.com/food-trivia-quizzes/hersheys-kiss If you look at this movie, when you choose a question, the right answer is highlighted in green and the wrong answers are hilighted in red. this lasts for about 2 seconds, and then the wrong answers disappear. I'm trying to create something like the 2 second pause. This is what I ended up doing and it is simple and works fine for this purpose. I'm so glad I didn't have to make a custom trigger for a pause effect. . Thanks, again for the help. private function nextForm( ):void { // check answers, show correct answers getForm(); //pause // creates a new five-second Timer var minuteTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000, 5); minuteTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, onTimerComplete); minuteTimer.start(); } public function onTimerComplete(evt:TimerEvent):void { currentState = "form" + ++_stateIndex; toplabel.text="Question "+_stateIndex+" of "+_stateCount; } Paul Andrews wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:info1%40reenie.org>> > To: <[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>> > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 7:22 AM > Subject: [flexcoders] How do I pause > > > My movie changes states when the user hits a button, but I want it to > > pause for 5 seconds. How do I do that ? I see something about pausing a > > sequence in the documentation. do I have to create a sequence first ? > > Can you explain why you need a five second pause after hitting the > button? > In normal circumstances this is a very bad idea because then the user > might > think that nothing is going to happen - is this the intended effect? > > You can get the intended effect by getting the button to set up a timed > event in five seconds time - check out 'Controlling time intervals' in > the > Flex help. > > Paul > >
