Timer question

[sandraa]

How would I get a timer function to reset after no buttons were pressed for 3 minutes?

Right now I have my timer starting on load, and then when a button is pressed, it stops it. I basically want to restart it after 3 minutes.

the code I have:

var timer:Timer = new Timer(5000);
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, playSlides);
timer.start();

function playSlides(event:Event):void{
    var i:Number = Math.round(Math.random()*slideinfo.length());
loader.load(new URLRequest(xml.slide[i].@data));
caption.text = xml.slide[i].@caption;  
} 

then the timer.stop(); attached to the buttons...

thanks

[jAQUAN]

Just have the function containing the stop() change the delay value instead.


function handleRelease(event:Event):void{
timer.delay = 1000 * 60 * 3; //this will restart the timer at its current interval
}

[sandraa]

HI jaquan, thanks for your reply.

There is one thing I dont understand. When I use the function, it keeps the timer delay to 3 minutes, instead of restarting it to its 3 seconds slideshow.

Should I define another set of timer? I am not sure how to do it?

Thanks!