RE: FLASH: FLASH please help

[Grant Davies]

I recently wrote a generic timer movie for this but basically you can do the

following



Create your movie and in frame one create the following actionscript


	stop();


	// initialize variables

	startTime = getTimer();

	waitTime = 10000; //  10000 milliseconds = 10 seconds


Now create another frame label it "checkTime" and put the following

actionscript in that frame


	timeNow = getTimer();


	if (timeNow >= startTime + (waitTime)

	{

		// we hit the timeout!

		gotoAndPlay("frameThatLoadsTheURL");

	}



Now for performance reasons, (we want the movie to breathe a bit so we don't

kill the CPU by playing one frame that executes an if statement [note: if

you don't understand why I do this ask]) create another frame later in the

movie (maybe one frame ahead or two) that has the action


	gotoAndPlay("checkTime");


and finally put your code to load your URL in a frame labelled


	gotoAndPlay("frameThatLoadsTheURL");



Let me know if you have problems


Grant Davies

b l u e t u b e p r o d u c t i o n s

http://www.bluetube.com


-----Original Message-----

From:

ownerchinwag [dot] com

 [

ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On

 Behalf Of

Intensepixaol [dot] com

Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 8:45 PM

To:

flasherchinwag [dot] com

Subject: Re: FLASH: FLASH please help



Hi Guys

How would you set a movie to stop for let's say 10 seconds and then go to

another url(10 seconds giving the audience the time to read the type)

Please be explicit in your suggestions

Thanks All


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NudeGuru.com is proud to sponsor the Flasher list

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        IT'S  THE  ART  OF  MONEY,  HONEY!

 Tips and Advice from some of the most popular Flash

 artists + industry power-brokers on how to hold onto

 your rights, negotiate contracts and get full value

 for your work.http://www.nudeguru.com from Franke James

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To unsubscribe or change your list settings go to

http://www.chinwag.com/flasher or email

helpchinwag [dot] com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NudeGuru.com is proud to sponsor the Flasher list

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        IT'S  THE  ART  OF  MONEY,  HONEY!

 Tips and Advice from some of the most popular Flash

 artists + industry power-brokers on how to hold onto

 your rights, negotiate contracts and get full value

 for your work.http://www.nudeguru.com from Franke James

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To unsubscribe or change your list settings go to

http://www.chinwag.com/flasher or email

helpchinwag [dot] com