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Philip M · 11-17-2012, 02:07 PM

You should avoid giving names or id's to your variables/functions/arguments/forms words which are HTML/JavaScript methods/properties/attributes such as 'name' or 'id' or 'value' or 'test' or 'text' or 'checked' or 'click' or 'href' or 'closed' or 'go' or 'submit' or 'replace' or 'button' or 'radio' or 'parseInt'. Or 'timeout'.

I don't use Adobe but this works just fine in vanilla Javascript:-

Code:

<script type = "text/javascript">

function TimedOut() {
alert ("The time has elapsed");
}

//prompt for number of seconds

var secondCount = Number(window.prompt("Enter number of seconds", "Number of Seconds")) || 0;  // trap NaN entries
//start counter
if (secondCount >= 0) {
//timer set for thousandths of a second
window.setTimeout(TimedOut, 1000*secondCount);
}

</script>

11-17-2012, 02:07 PM	PM User \| #2
Philip M Supreme Master coder! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 17,044 Thanks: 197 Thanked 2,412 Times in 2,390 Posts	You should avoid giving names or id's to your variables/functions/arguments/forms words which are HTML/JavaScript methods/properties/attributes such as 'name' or 'id' or 'value' or 'test' or 'text' or 'checked' or 'click' or 'href' or 'closed' or 'go' or 'submit' or 'replace' or 'button' or 'radio' or 'parseInt'. Or 'timeout'. I don't use Adobe but this works just fine in vanilla Javascript:- Code: <script type = "text/javascript"> function TimedOut() { alert ("The time has elapsed"); } //prompt for number of seconds var secondCount = Number(window.prompt("Enter number of seconds", "Number of Seconds")) \|\| 0; // trap NaN entries //start counter if (secondCount >= 0) { //timer set for thousandths of a second window.setTimeout(TimedOut, 1000*secondCount); } </script> __________________ All the code given in this post has been tested and is intended to address the question asked. Unless stated otherwise it is not just a demonstration.