Is there anyway of inserting a clock/timer onto a basic slide?

Nov 17, 2014

By Howie Pearson

i know this can be done on quizzes but does anyone know if it can be done on a basic slide?

13 Replies

Seth Ozen

over 9 years ago11/17/14 at 6:09 pm (UTC)

See if this helps.

timer.story

Howie Pearson
Author

over 9 years ago11/17/14 at 8:10 pm (UTC)

Thanks for this Seth. It certainly confirms it can be done. Only problem i have now is that some slides go up 120 seconds!

I'll give it a go:-)

Seth Ozen

over 9 years ago11/17/14 at 8:30 pm (UTC)

If that's the case you'd better use JS or AS. The attached timer.fla is very easy to customize to suit your needs. Let me know if you need help.

AS_timer.zip

Howie Pearson
Author

over 9 years ago11/17/14 at 8:37 pm (UTC)

That's great. How would i get the timer to count up rather than down, ideally without a limit?

Seth Ozen

over 9 years ago11/17/14 at 9:07 pm (UTC)

So you want something like a stopwatch. Take a look at this.

Howie Pearson
Author

over 9 years ago11/17/14 at 9:19 pm (UTC)

That's it.

Do i just paste this code into a JS trigger?

//1.
myText_txt.text = "0";
var myTimer:Timer=new Timer(1000,0);
myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, stopWatch);

//2.
function stopWatch(event:TimerEvent):void {
myText_txt.text=String(myTimer.currentCount);
}

//3.
start_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startClock);
stop_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, stopClock);
reset_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, resetClock);

//4.
function startClock(event:MouseEvent):void {
myTimer.start();
}

//5.
function stopClock(event:MouseEvent):void {
myTimer.stop();
}

//6.
function resetClock(event:MouseEvent):void {
myTimer.reset();
myText_txt.text="0";
}

Seth Ozen

over 9 years ago11/17/14 at 9:28 pm (UTC)

Ok, my bad. This won't be easy for you. That's an AS3 code and you need to know just a little Flash. Attached is a count-up timer with mins and secs. You can simply insert the .swf file for a visual on any slide. If you want SL to do something when a certain amount of time has elapsed, that will require further coding.