There are now new ways to produce old results. In older versions of ActionScript, one would use the setInterval() function. Now, as actionscript 3 serves as the community model citizen of OOP (Object Oriented Programming) we are given the new Timer class in the flash.utils package.

The Class constructor

package { 
    import flash.utils.Timer; 
    import flash.events.TimerEvent; 
    import flash.display.Sprite;    
 
    public class TimerExample extends Sprite {    
 
        public function TimerExample() { 
            var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000, 2); 
            myTimer.addEventListener("timer", timerHandler); 
            myTimer.start(); 
        }    
 
        public function timerHandler(event:TimerEvent):void { 
            trace("timerHandler: " + event); 
        } 
    } 
}

This example showsthe creation of the event listener and timerHandler function which performs the action, in this case, a trace.Give it a try.The timer class is one of the most useful classes in creating sites which can create interactivity without timelines.