Timer Events are events that get triggered between given delay (in milliseconds).
Using Timer Events in Actionscript
var timer:Timer = new Timer( );
timer.delay = 100;
timer.repeatCount = 5;
timer.repeatCount = 0; // Unlimited TimerEvent.TIMER events
function timerListener (e:TimerEvent):void {
// Code here will execute when triggered by a TimerEvent.TIMER event
}
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timerListener);
timer.start()
and use timer.stop() to stop timer event triggering.