Adobe AIR Development

[ahazdesigns]

ok, so im trying to add a delay before playing a sound in flex. Reason being i want it to show text then play the sound.

i cant find anything to go with the sound.play()

[jtegen]

You can do it a couple of ways:

Method 1:

/////////////////////////////////////////
private function ButtonPress( event : Event ) : void
{
  var delay :Timer = new Timer( 1000, 1 );
  delay.addEventListener( TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, PlaySound );
  delay.start();
}

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
private function PlaySound( event : Event ) : void
{
 this.sound.play();
}

OR

setTimeout( PlaySound, 1000 );

.....

private function PlaySound() : void
{
  this.sound.play();
}

 OR

setTimeout( PlaySound, 1000, sound );

.....

private function PlaySound( sound : Sound ) : void
{
  sound.play();
}

[Innovatology]

Or just add some silence to the beginning of your MP3 using a sound editor. Once compressed it will take up virtually no space.

[ahazdesigns]

Had tried that but soundbooth removes silent space when saving. What about if I want to make sure a sound stops before playing another?

[jtegen]

Try:

var snd:Sound = new Sound();
var ch:SoundChannel = snd.play();
ch.stop();

Obvious you would not call it this way since it will stop right away, but caching the SoundChannel will allow you to stop it before the next play.