The total number of times the timer has fired since it started at zero. If the timer has been reset, only the fires since the reset are counted.

The delay, in milliseconds, between timer events. If you set the delay interval while the timer is running, the timer will restart at the same repeatCount iteration.

Note: A delay lower than 20 milliseconds is not recommended. Timer frequency is limited to 60 frames per second, meaning a delay lower than 16.6 milliseconds causes runtime problems.

The total number of times the timer is set to run. If the repeat count is set to 0, the timer continues indefinitely, up to a maximum of 24.86 days, or until the stop() method is invoked or the program stops. If the repeat count is nonzero, the timer runs the specified number of times. If repeatCount is set to a total that is the same or less then currentCount the timer stops and will not fire again.

The timer's current state; true if the timer is running, otherwise false.

Constructs a new Timer object with the specified delay and repeatCount states.

The timer does not start automatically; you must call the start() method to start it.

A Timer object is created that starts in 30 seconds (delay is set to 30000 milliseconds) and repeats three times, for a total of 90 seconds. (The timer stops after the third time.)

Two event listeners are added for the myTimer timer. The first is triggered by the TimerEvent.TIMER event, which occurs every time the timer is started. The timerHandler() method changes the text for the statusTextField text field to reflect the seconds remaining.

Note: The Timer class keeps track of the number of times it has to start (repeats) by increasing the number in the currentCount property.)

After the timer is called for the last time, the TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE event is dispatched and the completeHandler() method is called. The completeHandler() method changes the type of the inputTextField text field from INPUT to DYNAMIC, which means the user can no longer enter or change text.

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldType;
    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
    import flash.utils.Timer;
    import flash.events.TimerEvent;
    import flash.events.Event;

    public class Timer_constructorExample extends Sprite {
            private var statusTextField:TextField = new TextField();        
            private var inputTextField:TextField = new TextField();
            private var delay:uint = 30000;
            private var repeat:uint = 3;
            private var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(delay, repeat);
            
        public function Timer_constructorExample() {
            inputTextField.x = 10;
            inputTextField.y = 10;
            inputTextField.border = true;
            inputTextField.background = true;
            inputTextField.height = 200;
            inputTextField.width = 200;
            inputTextField.multiline = true;
            inputTextField.wordWrap = true;
            inputTextField.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;

            statusTextField.x = 10;
            statusTextField.y = 220;
            statusTextField.background = true;
            statusTextField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;   

            myTimer.start(); 
            statusTextField.text = "You have " + ((delay * repeat) / 1000) 
                                 + " seconds to enter your response.";

            myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timerHandler);
            myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, completeHandler);

            addChild(inputTextField);
            addChild(statusTextField);
        }

        private function timerHandler(e:TimerEvent):void{
            repeat--;
            statusTextField.text = ((delay * repeat) / 1000) + " seconds left.";
        }

        private function completeHandler(e:TimerEvent):void {
            statusTextField.text = "Times Up.";
            inputTextField.type = TextFieldType.DYNAMIC;    
        }
    }
}

Stops the timer, if it is running, and sets the currentCount property back to 0, like the reset button of a stopwatch. Then, when start() is called, the timer instance runs for the specified number of repetitions, as set by the repeatCount value.

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Starts the timer, if it is not already running.

Stops the timer. When start() is called after stop(), the timer instance runs for the remaining number of repetitions, as set by the repeatCount property.

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Dispatched whenever a Timer object reaches an interval specified according to the Timer.delay property.

Defines the value of the type property of a timer event object.

This event has the following properties:

Dispatched whenever it has completed the number of requests set by Timer.repeatCount.

Defines the value of the type property of a timerComplete event object.

This event has the following properties: