dispatchEvent timer

Hey all,

Iv'e got a game with a stopwatch timer in it which stops when the game is complete.

The game swf is loaded when a button is clicked in the main menu swf.

I want to be able to take the time at the end of the game and dispatch an event so that once back at the main menu once the game is finished the time can be displayed.

Any ideas if this can be done as the time will be different each time the game is played.

EDIT: Forgot the include code I used for the timer.

function TimerHandler(e:TimerEvent):void
{
var Seconds:String = String(uint(MyTimer.currentCount%60));
var Minutes:String = String(uint((MyTimer.currentCount/60)%60))
var Hours:String = String(uint((MyTimer.currentCount/60)/60));

SecondText.text = (uint(Seconds)< 10) ? "0" + Seconds:Seconds;
MinuteText.text = (uint(Minutes)< 10) ? "0" + Minutes:Minutes;
HourText.text = (uint(Hours) < 10) ? "0" + Hours:Hours;
}

Why do you think you need an event for this? Just save it in a property and access it from the main menu.

That's the only way I could think of doing this as not sure if I've created a property before. Is it straight forward to do?

Yes, if you have a document class for you game swf, just declare a public variable in it. public variables on class instances are properties.

If you do not have a document class, just assign a value dynamically.

Code:

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this.totalTime = something;

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Then your main menu can access it by looking at the totalTime property of your game instance.

Code:

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gameInstance.totalTime

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I've put this code in the continue button for the game.

Code:

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this.totalTime = MyTimer;

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and then in the main menu I'm a little lost as I'm not sure what I put in the place of gameInstance? Am I linking to the games swf file?

Sorry please delete this.