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I agree.<br><br>But it must be the way Xerte parses it.<br>99% of the AS2 examples to prevent cacheing just use "url?blah" + <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">new Date().getTime();</span><br><br>Dave<br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:15:26 -0700<br>From: Paul.Swanson@harlandfs.com<br>To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>Subject: [Xerte] Re: getTime oddness<br><br>
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</style><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">That says to me that you need to create the new Date object before you can use getTime() on it. Seems logical to me, actually.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><div style="border-width: medium medium medium 1.5pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color blue; padding: 0in 0in 0in 4pt;"><div><div style="border-right: medium none; border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave Burnett<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> Xerte list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: getTime oddness</span></p></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"><br>Just for archives clarity.<br><br>myVar = new Date().getTime();<br>debug(myVar); //undefined<br><br>myVar = (new Date()).getTime();<br>debug(myVar); //1301590743993<br><br></span></p><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"><hr id="ecxstopSpelling" align="center" width="100%" size="2"></span></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">From: Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk<br>To: Mike.Baker@RelianceInteractive.com; xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:48:47 +0100<br>Subject: [Xerte] Re: getTime oddness</span></p><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;">It's a runtime interpreter. It tokenises the code as it executes it. I've never fully understood the whole lexing / tokenising process: the code is in the XMLEngine.fla. There is the odd scenario it chokes on, but seven years on and must be several million lines of execution later, I'm happy to say it mostly works!</span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;">I would have hought that is what's happening, yes, and why myVar = new Date().getTime(); works.</span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div id="ecxdivRpF51708"><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;"><hr align="center" width="100%" size="2"></span></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;"> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Mike Baker [Mike.Baker@RelianceInteractive.com]<br><b>Sent:</b> 31 March 2011 16:16<br><b>To:</b> 'Xerte discussion list'<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: getTime oddness</span></p></div><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Because it forces the compiler to consider the phrase in the parens first. It may have been trying to do new (Date().getTime()); if the compiler tokenizes by whitespace first.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Mike</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><div style="border-width: medium medium medium 1.5pt; border-style: none none none solid; padding: 0in 0in 0in 4pt; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color blue;"><div><div style="border-right: medium none; border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; border-color: -moz-use-text-color;"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;"> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave Burnett<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 31, 2011 8:24 AM<br><b>To:</b> Xerte list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: getTime oddness</span></p></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;"><br>debug((new Date()).getTime());<br><br>works with extra parentheses. <br><br>?<br><br><br></span></p><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;"><hr align="center" width="100%" size="2"></span></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;">From: Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk<br>To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:06:05 +0100<br>Subject: [Xerte] Re: getTime oddness</span></p><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;">myVar = new Date().getTime();</span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;">debug(myVar); ??</span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div id="ecxdivRpF941047"><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;"><hr align="center" width="100%" size="2"></span></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;"> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett [d_b_burnett@hotmail.com]<br><b>Sent:</b> 31 March 2011 10:27<br><b>To:</b> Xerte list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] getTime oddness</span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;"><br>Why would I get an undefined here?<br><br>debug(new Date().getTime());<br><br>new Date() gives me a date.</span></p></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black;"><br>This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. 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