Help in setTimeout function

Question

I want to pass the argument in the function called in
setTimeout function.
Below is the code snippet.
public function
histogramDataPointClick(dataPointObj:Event):void
var duration:Number = 5000;
setTimeout(executeEvent(dataPointObj),duration);
public function executeEvent(dataPointObj:Event ):void
var index:int;
var message:String;
message="";
selectedDataPoint1=dataPointObject.currentTarget.series;
for(var i:int = 0; i<
selectedDataPoint1[0].selectedIndices.length; i++)
index=selectedDataPoint1[0].selectedIndices
message = message+"
"+protocolTrendData[index].valueOf().trialPhase;
Alert.show("Selected Trial Phase"+message);
dispatchEvent(new Event("histogramDataPointClick"));
If I am trying to do that then I am facing error
1067:Implicit coercion of a value of type void to an unrelated type
Function.
error 1067
can anybody help me in that?
Thanks

Answer 1

try:
setTimeout(executeEvent, duration, dataPointObject);
setTimeout () function
public function setTimeout(closure:Function, delay:Number,
... arguments):uint
Runs a specified function after a specified delay (in
milliseconds).
Instead of using this method, consider creating a Timer
object, with the specified interval, using 1 as the repeatCount
parameter (which sets the timer to run only once).
If you intend to use the clearTimeout() method to cancel the
setTimeout() call, be sure to assign the setTimeout() call to a
variable (which the clearTimeout() method will later reference)
Parameters closure:Function — The name of the function
to execute. Do not include quotation marks or parentheses, and do
not specify parameters of the function to call. For example, use
functionName, not functionName() or functionName(param).
delay:Number — The delay, in milliseconds, until the
function is executed.
... arguments — An optional list of arguments that are
passed to the closure function.