Actionscript 3 Timer on click hold - actionscript-3

Question

I have a function where I need to click and cube once and the cube will rotate to that side, then when i click and hold for 2 seconds will go to fifth page or when i click with no hold will start the cube rotating.
This is what I have
var numPressed:Number = 0
function side6(event:MouseEvent):void {
numPressed++;
if (numPressed % 2) {
SimpleZSorter.sortClips(container);
TweenLite.to(container, 1, {rotationX:-8,rotationY:193});
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, rotateStop);
removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, rotateThis);
}else if (NEED SOEMTHING HERE TO DETECT MOSUE HOLD AFTER SECONDS) {
gotoAndStop(5);
}
else{
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, rotateThis);
}
}
The idea atm is numpressed calculates if the presses are odd or even, meaning 1 click will stop the cube rotating, 2 will start it again, a third will stop if and so forth, i need this to keep acting like that.
I need something in the second if statement, everything works well apart from getting it to work on holding the mouse.
Any help appreciated
Ian

Answer 1

I would suggest using MouseEvent.DOWN and MouseEvent.UP and store Date.time for this.
EG: This set of functions would track the ammount of millisenconds elapsed between the MouseEvent.DOWN and the MouseEvent.UP event.
private var mouseDownTime:Number = NaN,mouseUpTime:Number = NaN;
private function init():void
{
yourCubeObject.addEventListener(MouseEvent.DOWN,onMouseDown);
yourCubeObject.addEventListener(MouseEvent.UP,onMouseUp);
yourCubeObject.addEventListener(MouseEvent.OUT,onMouseOut);
}
private function onMouseOut(event:MouseEvent):void
{
mouseDownTime = mouseUpTime = NaN;//clear storage
}
private function onMouseDown(event:MouseEvent):void
{
mouseDownTime = new Date().time;//store system time in milliseconds since epoc
}
private function onMouseUp(event:MouseEvent):void
{
mouseUpTime = new Date().time;
if (!isNaN(mouseDownTime))//avoid error case where mouse went down outside object
{
if ((mouseUpTime - mouseDownTime) >= 2000)
{
//mouse held down for more the 2 seconds, your function here.
}
}
onMouseOut(event);//reset counters
}