I've run into the same problem recently while trying to make a timer for a video player. Timer is not accurate at all and can vary greatly depending on the interval. I agree with Fredreico, the ENTER_FRAME event is far more reliable at producing accurate time intervals.
Jamie On Dec 26, 2007 4:05 AM, Frederico Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > arpan srivastava escreveu: > > > Hi All, > > > > I have a list with many items which moves automatically by using a > > timer. Timer is set to 10 ms i.e. after every 10 ms second it fires an > > event which moves the items in the list by some distance. In IE it > > runs fine but in Firefox it runs very fast, i am not getting how can a > > timer change it's time in firfox. > > > > thanks > > arpan > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Chat on a cool, new interface. No download required. Click here. > > > <http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_webmessenger_10/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php> > > > > > > __________ NOD32 2745 (20071224) Information __________ > > > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > > http://www.eset.com > The Timer is not exact, especially if fired on small intervals. If the > VM is not able to execute the code it jumps (like flash jumpes frames). > If you are trying to emulate the time frame Timer is not the best method. > > Instead create a class extending MovieClip and use onEnterFrame... > something like this: > > public class Effect extends MovieClip { > private var _currentFrame:uint = 0; > private function onEnterFrame(event:Event):void { > _currentFrame++; > > //ADD YOUR CODE HERE > } > public function start():void { > this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,onEnterFrame); > } > > public function end():void { > this.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,onEnterFrame); > } > } > > Hope this helps. > > Regards > > Frederico >
