Question

Is flash.utils.Timer object’s event TIMER always dispatched before TIMER_COMPLETE?

During the 2nd event, I am nullifying stuff that are required during the 1st event; so their order is of prime importance. I checked the docs and there is no guarantee for their dispatching order.

In tests I’ve done it seems that this is the case, but I don’t want to distribute publicly software without confirming first.

Answer 1

You can avoid this problem by using TimerEvent.TIMER only:

private function onTimer(event:TimerEvent)
{
    // ...

    if (timer.currentCount == timer.repeatCount) {
        // timer is complete
    }
}