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FLASH36: Using scripts to control blinking and stop it in five seconds or less

Applicability

Adobe Flash Professional version MX and higher
Adobe Flex

This technique relates to:

Success Criterion 2.2.2 (Pause, Stop, Hide)
- How to Meet 2.2.2 (Pause, Stop, Hide)
- Understanding Success Criterion 2.2.2 (Pause, Stop, Hide)

User Agent and Assistive Technology Support Notes

See User Agent Support for Flash for general information on user agent support.

Description

The objective of this technique is to control blinking with script so it can be set to stop in less than five seconds by the script. The ActionScript setTimeout() method is used to stop the MovieClip's blinking behavior in less than 5 seconds.

Examples

Example 1: Stopping blinking after a timeout

In this example a MovieClip (blinkingTextMC) uses its timeline to generate a blinking effect. Before 5 seconds has passed, the MovieClip's gotoAndStop() method is called, which stops the blinking effect.

Example Code:

setTimeout(stopBlinking, 4500);
function stopBlinking() {
  var blinkingTextMC = getChildByName('blinkingTextMC');
  blinkingTextMC.gotoAndStop(1);
}

For a demonstration, view the working version of Stopping blinking after a timeout. The source of Stopping blinking after a timeout is available.

Tests

Procedure

For each instance of blinking content:

Start a timer for 5 seconds at the start of the blink effect.
When the timer expires, determine if the blinking has stopped.

Expected Results

For each instance of blinking content, #2 is true.