Killing Actuate delayed calls

Haxe
#1

Hi,
I am using Actuate and I need to kill a delayed call to a specific function:
I started with the obvious approach

Actuate.delay(2).onComplete(function);

But I had no references to stop the delay, so I used a dirty trick

Actuate.tween(delayedCallDummy, 2, {}).onComplete(function);

where delayedCallDummy is a Sprite, and to stop/kill the delayed call I do

Actuate.stop(delayedCallDummy);

It is an ugly trick, and it partially works, because it forces the tween to complete, event if the parameter “complete” is set to false (a bug?).
Is there a better way of doing this?

#2

Actuate.stop(delayedCallDummy, null, false, false) will stop without calling callback.

event if the parameter “complete” is set to false (a bug?).

actually you should set sendEvent to false.

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#3

Oh, ok, sendEvent is what I need, thank you @restorer!
Anyway, is there a better way to kill a delayed call without using a dummy?

#4

Anyway, is there a better way to kill a delayed call without using a dummy?

No.
But tween target doesn’t need to be sprite, it can be any object, for example

var delayedCallDummy = new Dynamic();

Or you can try different tweening library, for example Delta.

#5

Have you tried this ? :slight_smile:

#6

You are right, it seems that it is actually possible. Just as you I was confused by private stop() in GenericActuator :smile:

for @GiG :

var tween = Actuate.timer(2).onComplete(function);

...

Actuate.stop(tween);
#7 
Actuate.stop(tween, null, false, false);

?

#8

Yep, it should work.

#9

It works.

About Delta, I should give it a try, like TweenX.