[flexcoders] Clock Killer

[markcavins]

Hello,

I have this clock that runs as a countdown timer once a user logs into
the site. It works great until the user logs out. When they log back
in the counter no longer counts correctly. It is like there are 2
intstances of the clock running at the same time but I'm not sure how
to kill the first instance.

Clock code
private function getDaysUntil():void {
        //setting the timer
        var minuteTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000, 300);
    minuteTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, onTick);
    minuteTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE,
onTimerComplete);
            
    minuteTimer.start(); 
}
        
public function onTick(evt:TimerEvent):void {     
        var minuteTimer:Timer = evt.target as Timer;         
        var lvSecondsRemaining:int = minuteTimer.repeatCount -
minuteTimer.currentCount;  
        var lvMinutes:int = lvSecondsRemaining / 60;     
        var lvSeconds:int = lvSecondsRemaining - ( lvMinutes * 60 );     
        var lvSecondsText:String = lvSeconds.toString();     
        if( lvSeconds < 10 )         lvSecondsText = "0" + lvSecondsText;   
     
        lblTimeUntil.text = lvMinutes.toString() + ":" + lvSecondsText;         
                
} 
                
public function onTimerComplete(evt:TimerEvent):void{
        var minuteTimer:Timer = evt.target as Timer;
        minuteTimer.reset();
        minuteTimer.start();
        tempXML.send();
        
}


private function stopTimer():void{
        var minuteTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000, 300);
        minuteTimer.reset();    
        minuteTimer.stop();     
        clearFormHandler();     
        
}




Here is the logout button and the login button

        <mx:Button label="Log Out" height="27" fillAlphas="[1.0, 1.0]"
fillColors="[#030000, #030000, #474545, #474545]"
borderColor="#DCDEDF" click="currentState=''; stopTimer();"/>


<mx:Button x="10" y="282" label="Login" id="Submit"
click="login_user.send();" 
        fontSize="14" themeColor="#FFA800" borderColor="#FA0202"
enabled="{formIsValid}" />


If the user is able to login

        currentState = "Logged In";
        
        tempXML.send();
        getDaysUntil();

Any ideas how to get this to display right