Determine time before listbox click

[Dave At ADC]

I have a listbox that has several items that will load a path for a movie. If you click an item, the movie plays. I want this to detect the time before a user clicks on an item in the list box. If 10 seconds pass by and the user doesn't select an item, I want it to play my movieclip, PleaseSelectAVideo...

I assume I would start the timer on my stage level... from there it would detect some click on the list... maybe a selection? I dunno. I'm new to this so I'm not sure what events go on a listbox component (Since today is my first time trying to play with one.) If anyone knows how to do this, please lemme know.

Thanks

[pdarley]

I would use a setInterval. For instance;

On the timeline put:

_global.timer = setInterval(callListBox,10000);
function callListBox(){
clearInterval(_global.timer);
//enter in statement to call the list box and play it
}

Inside the list box on your buttons put:

clearInterval(_global.timer);

I used global because I do not know how you have your pathing setup, but this shoudl do the trick ideally.

[Dave At ADC]

How do I add that code to a specific button within my listbox? Whenever I try to click on it, it selects the listbox instance... Any ideas?

[pdarley]

Honestly I never ever....ever ever....use any of the MX components. Hopefully someone else can chime in.

Sorry man

[Paerez]

For lists, if a user selects an item, it fires the "change" event. So use this:

// Name of your list on the stage
var myList:List;
var selectListener:Object = new Object();
selectListener.change = function(event) {
// event.target is the same as myList
// Clear interval
// Play the movie
}
myList.addEventListener("change",selectListener);

Good Luck

[Dave At ADC]

// event.target is the same as myList 

Eh, what? Sorry, my noobishness is beating me down on this.