Question

I have a function called processXML on the timeline (yes, I know now…) which does what I want it to do e.g. it loads XML, is passed into several arrays and manipulates things on screen. Cool

I have another function, a TIMER, from which I’d like to call the function above e.g. processXML.call()

(I want it to load fresh data every 10-20 seconds)

But no luck. I’m new to AS3 but can’t seem to get it working.

Am I missing something fundamental?

Answer 1

just processXML() should work. This, obviously, if both functions are at the same level on the timeline.

Or simply when your first frame is loaded you can do

var xmlInterval:Number=-1;
var msGap:Number=20000; //Sets the millisecond gap to 20000 milliseconds between calls
xmlInterval=setInterval(processXML, msGap); //calls processXML every msGap milliseconds
//And to stop calling processXML when you don't need it,
clearInterval(xmlInterval);