Re: FLASH: get timer not working right

[Jon Williams]

hmm...code looks right.


double-check that the startTime variable is

being set at the right time and not 13 secs early

(say at the beginning of the load sequence instead

of at the end of it).


if that doesn't help, drop in some textboxes and

watch the variables change...standard story...


-jon


Helen Triolo wrote:


> I'm working on a Flash projector project, in which the viewer is

> supposed to be bumped to the next frame in 5 seconds if they don't click

> a Continue button.  I'm using a timer mc to do this (ala Branden Hall),

> but it waits for 18 seconds, not 5, before going to the next frame.  My

> question is -- is the code wrong, or is the gettimer function that

> inaccurate, or is this that dependent on processor speed (WinNT,

> 367MHz), or what?

>

> on main timeline, mc instance timer in one frame with these actions:

>

> Set Variable: "nsecs" = 5

> Set Variable: "startTime" = getTimer

> Stop

>

> mc timer has 2 frames.  on each, the code is:

>

> If ((getTimer-/:startTime)>/:nsecs*1000)

>       Begin Tell Target ("/")

>             Play

>       End Tell Target

> End If

>

> Thanks,

> Helen

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