1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: Timer.

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I swear I could murder Flash right now. Thanks for the help guys, i tried "import flash.utils.Timer;" again and this time it worked.

Thanks for the help guys btw!! I really like this forum.

Before I explain, here's the code again:

package
{
import flash.utils.Timer;
import flash.display.*;
import flash.text.*;
import flash.events.*;

public class UsingTimers extends MovieClip
{
public function UsingTimers()
{
var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000);
myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timerFunction);
myTimer.start();
}

public function timerFunction(event:TimerEvent)
{
this.graphics.beginFill(0x000000);
this.graphics.drawCircle(event.target.currentCount *10,100,4);
}
}
}

inside the public function UsingTimers I had the other function, TimerFunction, placed. I then took the function out of that function and made it a separate public function. It now works.

I have to be honest though - I tried it several times and it didn't work exactly the same way, and after closing flash, opening it back up, and deleting a few old flash files in the same folder (unrelated to each other), i then put the "import flash.utils.Timer;" back in and this time it worked.

Flash gets weeeeiiird errors sometimes. You think you know something and then...

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