flex timer - appear disappare - apache-flex

Question

I have an object in flex - which i want to appear upon a button clicked, disappear after 10 seconds or if the object is closed, and reappear if that same button pressed.
i've tried something like this:
public class my_obj
{
private var _myTimer: Timer;
public function my_obj()
{
_myTimer = new Timer(10000);
}
private function init(): void
{
_myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, onTimeout);
_myTimer.start();
}
private function onTimerTimeOut(event: TimerEvent): void
{
dispatchEvent(new Event(CLOSE_EVENT));
}
}
what am i missing?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Working fine. Here's the working code sample:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx">
<s:layout>
<s:VerticalLayout/>
</s:layout>
<s:Panel width="100%" height="400" creationComplete="my_obj()">
<s:layout>
<s:VerticalLayout/>
</s:layout>
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
private var _myTimer: Timer;
public function my_obj():void
{
_myTimer = new Timer(10000);
}
private function init(): void
{
toggleBtn.visible = true;
_myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, onTimeout);
_myTimer.start();
}
private function onTimeout(event: TimerEvent): void
{
toggleBtn.visible = false;
//dispatchEvent(new Event(CLOSE_EVENT));
}
private function hideIt(): void
{
toggleBtn.visible = false;
}
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:Button label="Some Button" click="init()"/>
<s:Button id="toggleBtn" label="Appeared on 'Some Button' click. Click to close it." click="hideIt()" visible="false"/>
</s:Panel>
</s:WindowedApplication>