Timer query

[mreynholds]

Can anyone help me with a function that starts a timer? Crudely, I'm looking for something like:

function(){
starttimer;
if (timer == 5 seconds){do xyz}
}

Many thanks

 

[Zhris]

setTimeout("MyFunction()",5 * 1000);
function MyFunction(){
     do xyz
}

Chris

 

[Zhris]

Here is a link for further information on setTimeout and related functions:

http://www.elated.com/articles/javascript-timers-with-settimeout-and-setinterval/

Chris