setInterval Event object?

[Richie]

Is there a way to access an Event object associated with setInterval()?
I'm using Mozilla and Firefox on various platforms.

[Rob B]

Re: setInterval Event object?


Event objects are associated with....events. setInterval is a function.

Mozilla browsers manage the Event object as a handable object, passed
automatically to any assigned handler function (as arguments[0]).

Might need to explain your specific problem.

http://www.mozilla.org/docs/dom/domref/dom_event_ref.html

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[Daniel Kirsch]

Re: setInterval Event object?

Richie wrote:[color=blue]
> Is there a way to access an Event object associated with setInterval()?
> I'm using Mozilla and Firefox on various platforms.[/color]

You may pass a function instead of a string to setInterval or
setTimeout. You may then use the closure to access variables defined in
the original function.
However, this one caused problems on IE 5.0 in some testcases.

function clickHandler(e) {
e = e || window.event;
setTimeout(func tion() { alert(e.type); },1000);
}

Daniel

[VK]

Re: setInterval Event object?

[color=blue]
> Is there a way to access an Event object associated with setInterval()?[/color]

You mean something like "Timer Interruption" IRQ?
No, such event is not defined neither in JavaScript, nor JScript.

Access to timers is a part of security model. The underlying logic is: "If
it's
your timer, you can code it in the way you want. If you cannot reach the
timer, so it's not your timer, so it's not up to you to handle it."