Comments on: How To Build Countdown Timer in ActionScript 2

By: taterboy

taterboy — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:13:46 +0000

Here is the section of code you want to modify:

if(dateArr >= targDate){
days.dyt.text = “000″;
hrs.hrt.text = “00″;
mins.mnt.text = “00″;
secs.sct.text = “00″;

delete this.onEnterFrame;

//timer has reached 0, happy new year!!!!
days.visible = false;
hrs.visible = false;
mins.visible = false;
secs.visible = false;
happyNewText.visible = true;

return;
}

before the “return;” add the code to display Happy New Year.

Personally I would make a graphic or textField that said “happy new year”, make it visible = false (invisible), then when the counter reaches 0s (in the code above) hide all the counter text fields and make the happy new year visible.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:03:47 +0000

Hi,
How do I make it say “Happy New Year” when it reaches zero? Any help would be AMAZING.

By: taterboy

taterboy — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:17:24 +0000

You can just comment out the lines that refer to the day and year TextFields.
ex: hrs.hrt.text = hoursTill;

The timer will count down to a specified date or time, then show zeros if the time has past.

Here is where I check if the time has past,
if(dateArr >= targDate){ …..

You can put anything you want inside the brackets.

By: Jun

Jun — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:28:50 +0000

I just use your code above but then I just want to display the miliseconds, seconds, minutes and hours.
Will it still output if I remove days and year. And I want my application to stop the at a certain time.

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