ya if u want to blink colon u have use separate labels, otherwise this code will be sufficient ( not mine )
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" width="196" height="84" backgroundGradientAlphas="[1.0, 1.0]" alpha="1.0"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import flash.utils.Timer; import flash.events.TimerEvent; private var timer:Timer; private function init():void { this.timer = new Timer(1000); this.timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, this.resetNow); this.timer.start(); } private function resetNow(event:TimerEvent):void { this.clock.text = new Date().toLocaleTimeString(); } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Text id ="clock" x="10" y="19" fontSize="17" fontWeight="bold" width="152" creationComplete="this.init();" textAlign="center"/> </mx:Application> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Tom Chiverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 05 Mar 2008, Vivian Richard wrote: > > If you are using LED characters for the clock display > > then how do you make the " : " between the hour and > > minute characters blink to indicate that a second has > > passed? > > Replace the colon with a space if the seconds in the Date are even. > > -- > Tom Chiverton > Helping to adaptively engineer seamless segments > on: http://thefalken.livejournal.com > > **************************************************** > > This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. > > Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England > and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address > is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. > A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any > reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of > Halliwells LLP. Regulated by The Solicitors Regulation Authority. > > CONFIDENTIALITY > > This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and > may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you > must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it > nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its > existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please > delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. > > For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Regards, Yogesh

