Re: FLASH: flash clock

[John Croteau]

Hi Martin,


There is one FS Command needed  StartClock which tells the JavaScript to

start sending commands to Flash.

In the JavaScript there are 5 (or more) Flash Methods sending

the units of seconds

     jc().TGotoLabel('_level0/Clock/1Second', S1);

the tens of secomds

the units of minutes

the tens of minutes  and 

the hours.


Each of these point to the correct point in a Movie Clip

that will show the time at the moment.

Unlike the timer that freeruns, the clock in Flash has no movement of

its own.

It runs by a constant flow of the time from the system clock. The

current time is sent to the clock 10 times a second which makes a very

accurate clock. Note if your computer is very busy the clock may not

update and you may lose a display or two on the clock but at the next

update the clock is as accurate as your system clock because when it is

updated it is always accurate.


I have analyzed why other Flash clocks on the Web fail and create errors

after a being on a while and this is because in an effort to not waste

time updating the Flash Clock when the time or an element of the time

has not changed they end up looping tens of thousands of times with 'If

Then' loops which eventually overload the JavaScript engine which then

responds with script errors.

My RunClock function has no loop and completes it actions that send all

the needed Flash Methods that describe the complete current time. It is

reactivated by the setTimeout JavaScript Method every tenth of a second.

It can and does run days ata time without fail.  


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