{"id":101,"date":"2006-11-27T03:13:29","date_gmt":"2006-11-27T01:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nivas.hr\/blog\/2006\/11\/27\/as3-kitchen-timer-and-enter_frame\/"},"modified":"2008-11-11T12:59:26","modified_gmt":"2008-11-11T10:59:26","slug":"as3-kitchen-timer-and-enter_frame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nivas.hr\/blog\/2006\/11\/27\/as3-kitchen-timer-and-enter_frame\/","title":{"rendered":"AS3 Kitchen – Timer and ENTER_FRAME"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is no mc.onEnterFrame in AS3 anymore, but there is something so much better – ENTER_FRAME event! Since pretty much everything in AS3 is event based, that makes perfect sense. There is also a new event based Timer class which replaces darn setInterval. The guru of ActionScripted motion – Keith Peters wrote a great post<\/a> on subject of common misconceptions in usage.
\n<\/p>\n

AS3 EnterFrame event:<\/strong>
\n[ftf w=”490″ h=”400″]
\npackage {
\nimport flash.display.*;
\nimport flash.events.*;<\/p>\n

public class TestEnterFrame extends Sprite
\n{
\npublic function TestEnterFrame()
\n{
\naddEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onEnterFrame);
\n}<\/p>\n

private function onEnterFrame(ev:Event):void
\n{
\ntrace(“onenterframe:”+ev);
\n}
\n}<\/p>\n

}
\n[\/ftf]
\nAS3 Timer class test: <\/strong>
\n[ftf w=”490″ h=”400″]
\npackage {
\nimport flash.display.Sprite;
\nimport flash.events.TimerEvent;
\nimport flash.utils.getTimer;
\nimport flash.utils.Timer;
\npublic class Tests extends Sprite
\n{
\nprivate var start:Number;
\npublic function Tests()
\n{
\nvar timer:Timer = new Timer(1000);
\ntimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, onTimer);
\nstart = getTimer();
\ntimer.start();
\n}
\nprivate function onTimer(event:TimerEvent):void
\n{
\ntrace(getTimer() – start);
\nstart = getTimer();
\nfor(var i:uint = 0; i <1000000; i++)\n{\nvar j:Number = Math.random();\n}\ntrace(\"elapsed time in function: \" + (getTimer() - start));\n}\n}\n}\n[\/ftf]\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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