Spacebar

[AnneLoesHuizing-hszHOQ]

Hi guys, here I am again!
I solved the problem with the timer and the screen appears now.

import flash.utils.Timer;
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
import flash.utils.setTimeout;
import flash.media.SoundChannel;
import flash.utils.*;
import flash.system.ImageDecodingPolicy;
import flash.display.BitmapData;
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
var customPanel:CustomPanel = new CustomPanel();
var timer:Timer = new Timer(30,0);
var timer2:Timer = new Timer(Math.random() * 60000,1);
var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(1200000,0);
var secCntr:int = 0;
var minCntr:int = 40;
var hourCntr:int = 23;
var currentTime:String;
var soundRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("sounds/Flash Clock.mp3");
var mySound:Sound = new Sound();
var soundChannel1:SoundChannel = new SoundChannel();
mySound.load(soundRequest);
soundChannel1 = mySound.play();
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, setTime);
timer2.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, surprise);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, pressedKey);
timer.start();
timer2.start();
customPanel.visible = false;
function surprise(e:TimerEvent):void{
          trace("Surprise!");
          this.addChild(new CustomPanel());
}
function pressedKey(event:KeyboardEvent):void{
          if(event.keyCode == 32){keyDetector()}
}
function keyDetector():void{
          trace("The spacebar key was pressed")
}
function setTime(e:TimerEvent){
    secCntr++;
    if(secCntr == 60){
        minCntr++;
        secCntr = 0;
    }
    if(minCntr == 60){
          hourCntr++;
          minCntr = 0;
          }
          if (hourCntr >= 24){
          hourCntr = 0;}
    if(secCntr < 10){
    currentTime = String(hourCntr) + ":" + String(minCntr) + ":0" + String(secCntr);    
    }
    else{
    currentTime = String(hourCntr) + ":" + String(minCntr) + ":" + String(secCntr);
    }
    countdown_txt.text = currentTime;
}

The only is thing that the screen haves to be removes while pressing spacebar. I tried it like this:

function surprise(e:TimerEvent):void{
          trace("Surprise!");
          this.addChild(new CustomPanel());
}
function pressedKey(event:KeyboardEvent):void{
          if(event.keyCode == 32){keyDetector()}
          this.removeChild(customPanel);{
          }
}
function keyDetector():void{
          trace("The spacebar key was pressed")
}

But for some reason this doesn't work. The spacebar does react.

Have somebody a solution for this?

Greets,

Anne-Loes

[Ned Murphy]

What about it is not working?  If it's what you show in red, it's because that should have quotes around the string.  Other than that, the removeChild call will function for any key since it is outside the conditional

[AnneLoesHuizing-hszHOQ]

They are quotes. For some reason it doesn't show here.

I get error #1065 Variable TCMText isn't defined

[AnneLoesHuizing-hszHOQ]

Now it's saying it's missing a rightbrace. But I don't see it

[Ned Murphy]

What you should do is go into your Flash Publish Settings and select the option to  Permit Debugging.  What this often does is adds line numbers to the error message to indicate where the problemed code is.

[AnneLoesHuizing-hszHOQ]

It was already set like that. So, it stil doesn't say it. I think it's quite strange, because

it worked before..

[Ned Murphy]

You should show the code as you have it now.  While it might not be the problem, it is not correct to have an extra set of brackets in your function below...

function pressedKey(event:KeyboardEvent):void{

          if(event.keyCode == 32){keyDetector()}

          this.removeChild(customPanel);{    // this brace at the end does nothing

          }   // this brace does nothing

}

[AnneLoesHuizing-hszHOQ]

import flash.utils.Timer;
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
import flash.utils.setTimeout;
import flash.media.SoundChannel;
import flash.utils.*;
import flash.system.ImageDecodingPolicy;
import flash.display.BitmapData;
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
var customPanel:CustomPanel = new CustomPanel();
var timer:Timer = new Timer(30,0);
var timer2:Timer = new Timer(Math.random() * 60000,1);
var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(1200000,0);
var secCntr:int = 0;
var minCntr:int = 40;
var hourCntr:int = 23;
var currentTime:String;
var soundRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("sounds/Flash Clock.mp3");
var mySound:Sound = new Sound();
var soundChannel1:SoundChannel = new SoundChannel();
mySound.load(soundRequest);
soundChannel1 = mySound.play();
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, setTime);
timer2.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, surprise);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, pressedKey);
timer.start();
timer2.start();
customPanel.visible = false;
function surprise(e:TimerEvent):void
          {
          trace("Surprise!");
          this.addChild(new CustomPanel());
          }
function pressedKey(event:KeyboardEvent):void{
          if(event.keyCode == 32)
          {
          keyDetector()
          if(contains(customPanel))
          {
          removeChild(customPanel);
          }
  }
}
function keyDetector():void
          {
          trace("The spacebar key was pressed");
          }
function setTime(e:TimerEvent)
{
    secCntr++;
    if(secCntr == 60)
                    {
        minCntr++;
        secCntr = 0;
              }
    if(minCntr == 60)
                    {
        hourCntr++;
        minCntr = 0;
        }
    if (hourCntr >= 24)
                    {
        hourCntr = 0;}
    if(secCntr < 10)
                    {
                    currentTime = String(hourCntr) + ":" + String(minCntr) + ":0" + String(secCntr);    
              }
    else
                    {
                    currentTime = String(hourCntr) + ":" + String(minCntr) + ":" + String(secCntr);
              }
    countdown_txt.text = currentTime; 
}

This is the new code. Thank you

[AnneLoesHuizing-hszHOQ]

It's working now. But the spacebar doesn't react.

[Ned Murphy]

You should format your code properly, it is very difficult to read all spread out and oddly indented as you show it.  I had to take you code and reformat it just to see what you have.  After removing any code related to things I do not have, I ran the file and the textfield displayed time counting, and when I press the spacebar I get the trace message: "The spacebar key was pressed" 

So it is working fine for what the code tells it to do.  Since customPanel was never added as a child, it is not going to be removed (you create another new instance, but that other new instance is not customPanel)

[AnneLoesHuizing-hszHOQ]

Sorry for the confusing code. It's just how I learned to make it.

How can I make customPanel a child? Or isn't that possible?

[Ned Murphy · Accepted solution]

To make it a child, use:  addChild(customPanel);    right after you create it in the beginning.

Then change your function below to make the customPanel visible (you already made it invisible a line before this function)

function surprise(e:TimerEvent):void {

          trace(Surprise!);

          customPanel.visible = true;

}

[AnneLoesHuizing-hszHOQ]

Thank you! Now it's really working!

Can I ask you one more question?

I want, if the time ends that it stays at 00:00:00 How can I do this?

[Ned Murphy]

In your setTime function, check for when the three time elements all equal zero and at that point stop the Timer that calls that function.