Lost Focus Event in Flash lite???

[none800]

Hi,

I'm working on a game that uses getTimer() to record player's score. My game uses two variables startTime & endTime & when the game is over score is calculated as (endTime - startTime). But when the game is suspended in background i need an event to be triggered so that i can pause my timer (otherwise player may cheat).
Is there any event handler or any other way to code such situation???

Regards,
Pete

[sajisoft]

Hi none800,
Unfortunately, there is no pure Flash Lite API to detect that whether your flash content is in background or foreground. But there is a solution to your problem . Simply, use setInterval API instead of getTimer because according to my observation, setInterval get paused once your application is sent to back and get start from the same position where u left it. So, in that case ,the user cant cheat. As this is my 1000th post, you are getting a code tip as bonus :

//AS 2
_global.mytimer = 0;
function callback() {
 _global.mytimer ++;
 _stat.text = _global.mytimer ;
}
var intervalID:Number = setInterval(callback, 1000);

Best Regards,
SajiSoft