Adobe FLEX 2-PROGRAMMING ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0 Manual page 202

Here is a small sample application showing the Timer class in action:
package
{
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
import flash.utils.Timer;
public class ShortTimer extends Sprite
{
public function ShortTimer()
{
// creates a new five-second Timer
var minuteTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000, 5);
// designates listeners for the interval and completion events
minuteTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, onTick);
minuteTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE,
onTimerComplete);
// starts the timer ticking
minuteTimer.start();
}
public function onTick(evt:TimerEvent):void
{
// displays the tick count so far
// The target of this event is the Timer instance itself.
trace("tick " + evt.target.currentCount);
}
public function onTimerComplete(evt:TimerEvent):void
{
trace("Time's Up!");
}
}
}
When the ShortTimer class is created, it creates a Timer instance that will tick once per
second for five seconds. Then it adds two listeners to the timer: one that listens to each tick,
and one that listens for the
Next, it starts the timer ticking, and from that point forward, the
at one-second intervals.
The method simply displays the current tick count. After five seconds have passed,
onTick()
the
onTimerComplete()
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event.
timerComplete
method executes, telling you that the time is up.
method executes
onTick()