[help] getTimer function

[Gloo pot]

I have been trying to create a timer that counts down from 5 to 0 and then loops back to 5.

I have been messing around with getTimer, but i cant find a function to reset it... I tryed all my idea's but nothing worked.

Is there a way to acuratly setup a timer. Its for a game which might slow down on slower computer so i need it to be acurate and not depend on the frame rate other wise if it dose slow done some people will get an atvantage.

Are there any help files i should be looking at or tutorials?

[dudeqwerty]

im guessing you want the timer to loop becasue you want ot refresh something every 5 secs?
i would use setInterval instead:

function myFunction(){
 //whatever code
}
var myInterval = setInterval(myFunction, 5000)

this will execute the function every 5000 ms (5 secs)

HTH,

zlatan

[Gloo pot]

Thats exacltly what i want but i would prefer it to count down but its not crucial.
I am going to display the current time in a dynamic text box so i need to be able to monitor it, I cant do that with set interval can i?

What i was thinking was i have a varible called timer, i use getTimer and every second the varible timer decreases by 1. Once it reaches -1 it resets to 5 again...

Is this a possable solution, I have it all worked out except the part of figureing out how to determan 1 second has passed...

Thanks for your help