How to get a time as a variable in Flash CS6 - actionscript-3

Question

I am trying to get a time that is in a text document to become a variable in a Flash CS6 AS3 project. I can't seem to find where the problem is and the error messages aren't really helping. The highlighted parts are the changed lines.
Here is the newest code:
this.onEnterFrame = function()
{
var StartTime:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
StartTime.dataFormat=URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
StartTime.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoaded);
function onLoaded(e:Event):void {
}
StartTime.load(new URLRequest("ResponseTime.txt"));
var today:Date = new Date();
var currentTime = today.getTime();
var targetDate:Date = new Date();
var timeLeft = e.data - currentTime;
var sec = Math.floor(timeLeft/1000);
var min = Math.floor(sec/60);
sec = String(sec % 60);
if(sec.length < 2){
sec = "0" + sec;
}
min = String(min % 60);
if(min.length < 2){
min = "0" + min;
}
if(timeLeft > 0 ){
var counter:String = min + ":" + sec;
time_txt.text = counter;
}else{
var newTime:String = "00:00";
time_txt.text = newTime;
delete (this.onEnterFrame);
}
}
Newest Error:
1120: Access of undefined property e. (Line 17).

Answer 1

First of all, this does nothing :
var StartTime();
It's not correct AS3 code.
Then, AS3 loaders being asynchronous, you must way for the loader to finish load so you can get your variable. I mean that all your code after StartTime.load(...) must be inside the function onLoaded.
This way, when the loader finish loading, you'll have you variable.
That say, URLVariable is NOT a loader. It is an object you can use to put your variable into, and feed them to a loader.
If you want to download some file, use URLLoader (with URLRequest). On this page, there is a good example on how you can do that (skip the part about the dataFormat, though). The date you're requesting will be available in the data property of the event, eg :
var timeLeft = e.data - currentTime;
I'm not asking where currentTime is from, since it's out of the scope of that question.
Good luck.