help in setTimeout function

[smonika15]

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.s eries;

for(var i:int = 0; i<
selectedDataPoint1[0].selectedIndices.length; i++)
{
index=selectedDataPoint1[0].selectedIndices[i];
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

[smonika15]

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.s eries;

for(var i:int = 0; i<
selectedDataPoint1[0].selectedIndices.length; i++)
{
index=selectedDataPoint1[0].selectedIndices[i];
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

[atta707]

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.