Can't get the timer to work

Question

hello,
I'm new to AS 3. However, I'm finding it to be baffling
overall. Every time I try to go deeper with it I find I can't get
what appear to be simple tasks to function.
This time I'm trying to work with the timer class. I have two
layers: display and actions. In the display layer (which is below
the actions layer), I've got a single instance of dynamic text. I
gave it an instance name of dtDisplay.
In the actions layer, I have a keyframe and this code:
import flash.utils.Timer;
function runMany(event:TimerEvent):void {
trace("runMany() called @ " + getTimer() + " ms");
var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(25000,1);
myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.Timer, runMany);
myTimer.start();
dtDisplay.text = 'haha';
What I'm trying to achieve with this code is a 25 second
delay, then the dynamic text being applied to the control.
However, when I run this flash file, I get an error on the
line with myTimer.addEventListener:
"1119: Access of possibly undefined property Timer through a
reference with static type Class."
Now, I think this could be related to my class path. I've set
the class path to have two values:
c:\program files\Adobe\Adobe Flash
CS3\en\Configuration\ActionScript 3.0\Classes
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3\en\First
Run\Classes\mx\utils
The second path has at least the 'utils' part of the import
statement at the top of my frame. However, when i peruse the
utils.as, i see no reference to a timer class.
I have searched my hard drive for AS files that contain the
timer class but don't see it.
Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks.

Answer 1

thanks, gratch.
Mr Rocker, you rock. I appreciate your response. you helped
me get to the point where it runs.
however, it doesn't delay quite like i expect. My code looks
like this:
import flash.utils.Timer;
function runMany(event:Event):void {
trace("runMany() called @ " + getTimer() + " ms");
var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(100000,1);
myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, runMany);
myTimer.start();
dtDisplay.text = 'haha';
...and, it doesn't delay 100 seconds before refreshing my
text control. For some reason, it is constantly refreshing it.
Also, i don't see how we're releasing the object from memory
doing this. if we're not, it is useless as timer code that is
reused often.
thanks for the help.