FLASH: get timer not working right

[Helen Triolo]

I'm working on a Flash projector project, in which the viewer is

supposed to be bumped to the next frame in 5 seconds if they don't click

a Continue button.  I'm using a timer mc to do this (ala Branden Hall),

but it waits for 18 seconds, not 5, before going to the next frame.  My

question is -- is the code wrong, or is the gettimer function that

inaccurate, or is this that dependent on processor speed (WinNT,

367MHz), or what?


on main timeline, mc instance timer in one frame with these actions:


Set Variable: "nsecs" = 5

Set Variable: "startTime" = getTimer

Stop


mc timer has 2 frames.  on each, the code is:


If ((getTimer-/:startTime)>/:nsecs*1000)

      Begin Tell Target ("/")

            Play

      End Tell Target

End If


Thanks,

Helen

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