breaking an setTimeout

[Intelly XAD]

Hi, I was wondering if there is a possibility to stop or break an setTimeout
For example, when you have:

setTimeout('hello()', 5000);

hello() wil be executed in 5 seconds, but I was wondering if ik could be stopped when an other command is executed

Many thnx in Advance

[tomfmason]

yes. first you will need do declare a varaiable before you set the time out. Here is a simple example.

[code=php:0]
//our timer variable
var timer;

function startTimer() {
    timer = setTimeout('hello();', 5000);
}

function stopTimer() {
    clearInterval(timer);
}
[/code]

Hope that helps,
Tom

[Intelly XAD]

Yes that helped very good, thnx :D