[tomasmk]

Hey guys, i've been trying to learn to create timers for 2 days now, but i just cant get it. there seems to be the need to insert an actionlistener....and an actionevent....wtf??

i took this from the java tutorials:

timer = new Timer(speed, this);
timer.setInitialDelay(pause);
timer.start();

which should create a timer...

anyway what I want my timer to do is manage a clock that will count the amount of time elapsed in the game im making. I dont get how to make my timer update this clock...or where should I insert those actionlisteners and actionevents...

please help!

[Ryano121]

Take a look at this tutorial first.

Essentially in your actionlistener for the timer you should increment some counter variable that defines how long the game has been running. If you timer fires every second or whatever, the counter increments, and just update a label etc with the new counter value.

[tomasmk]

i had...with no effect

i try to put the code in that page but eclipse just marks it as mistakes:

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.Timer;

public class taima {
	
	public static void main(String[] args){
		
		taima pancho = new taima();
		pancho.loco();
		}
public void loco(){
	//these are the things I copied, but eclipse detects them as mistakes!
	timer = new Timer(speed, this);
	timer.setInitialDelay(pause);
	timer.start(); 
	  
}
}

i had...with no effect

i try to put the code in that page but eclipse just marks it as mistakes:

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.Timer;

public class taima {
	
	public static void main(String[] args){
		
		taima pancho = new taima();
		pancho.loco();
		}
public void loco(){
	//these are the things I copied, but eclipse detects them as mistakes!
	timer = new Timer(speed, this);
	timer.setInitialDelay(pause);
	timer.start(); 
	  
}
}

[pbl]

If you to this

timer = new Timer(speed, this);

the "this" means that your class taima has to implement ActionListener
and needs a method
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.Timer;

public class taima implements ActionListener {
	
	public static void main(String[] args){
		
		taima pancho = new taima();
		pancho.loco();
		}
public void loco(){
	//these are the things I copied, but eclipse detects them as mistakes!
	timer = new Timer(speed, this);
	timer.setInitialDelay(pause);
	timer.start(); 
	  
}

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent  e) {
   // code when Timer expires
}
}

[tomasmk]

just made those changes, but eclipse keeps detecting mistakes at the same points:

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.Timer;

public class taima implements ActionListener{
	
	public static void main(String[] args){
		
		taima pancho = new taima();
		pancho.loco();
		
				
	}
	
	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
		
		
		  		
	}
		public void loco(){
	
	
	//mistakes ahead
	timers = new Timer(54, this);
	timers.setInitialDelay(pause);
	timers.start(); 
	  

	  
}
}

[pbl]

You'll have to declare your variable timers in the instance variables

public class taima implements ActionListener{
	Timer timers;

and pause too is declare nowhere

[macosxnerd101]

Also, the whole point of a Swing Timer is to be used with your GUI. The Swing Timer runs on the EventDispatchingThread. So if there is no GUI, your program will simply exit.

[pbl]

Good point

Unless you ThreadSleep() in main()