Issue with a function

I’m trying to run a function, in AS2 , when after a specific amount of time of the mouse being idle a movieclip plays. Then when the mouse becomes active again a different movieclip plays. I have gotten my code work for the most part, but the last function runs over and over as the mouse is moving. I want it to run once, so the movieclip plays once.

here is my code:

standstill = 0; lastmove = 0; timeout = 3000;

this.onMouseUp = function(){ lastmove = getTimer(); idle(timeout); }; this.onMouseMove = function(){ lastmove = getTimer(); idle(timeout); };

aListener = new Object(); aListener.onKeyUp = function () { lastmove = getTimer(); idle(timeout);}; Key.addListener(aListener);

function idle(time){ this.onEnterFrame = function(){ standstill = getTimer()- lastmove; trace(standstill); DogSleep.gotoAndPlay(2); if(standstill >= time){ trace(“dog is sleeping”); this.onEnterFrame = null; standstill = 0;

this.onMouseMove = function(){ DogSleep.gotoAndPlay(300); } } } }

how do I do this? any help is appreciated. Thanks!

you could set a timer that runs all the time (a ‘game loop’), and use Boolean vars to set when the mouse has been still or is moving? i’m not too hot with as2 but i could knock it up in as3 for you, let me know.

First of all, define properly the variables:

var standstill:Number = 0;

Last, delete the onEnterFrame function, do not set to null.

if(standstill >= time) {
trace(“dog is sleeping”);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
......
}

Hey Thanks! I was able to get this to work with the suggestions from both of you.