ActionScript 2.0 :: Screensaver Effect - Resetting Timer On User Input
Mar 30, 2007
I am currently trying to create a kind of 'screensaver' effect in one of my Flash movies, and I have the following code which counts down from ten to zero:
Code:
displayTime = 10;
countDown = function () {
displayTime--;
if (displayTime == 0) {
trace("Time Out")
clearInterval(timer);
}};
timer = setInterval(countDown, 1000);
The problem I am having is finding the right code to use to RESET this countdown back to ten if the user moves the mouse, clicks a button, presses a keyboard button, etc.
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