Timer Event

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.