Button count and timer?

[ondagaskiknass]

Is it possible for me to create a button that must be clicked 4 times within 3 seconds to call a function? How would i go about this?

Thanks, Troy.

[moagrius]

there are many different ways you could do this. here's one:

button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, quadClick, false, 0, true);

var clickCount:uint = 0;
var timer:Timer = new Timer(3000);
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, stopQuadClick, false, 0, true);

function stopQuadClick(event:TimerEvent):void{
    button.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, countClicks);
    button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, quadClick, false, 0, true);
    timer.stop();
}

function quadClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
    clickCount = 0;
    timer.start();
    button.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, quadClick);
    button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, countClicks, false, 0, true);
}
function countClicks(event:MouseEvent):void{
    clickCount++;
    if(clickCount == 3){
        trace("clicked 4 times in 3 seconds");
        stopQuadClick(null);
    }
} 

[ondagaskiknass]

thank you very much Moagrius! Works great!

[moagrius]